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Surbase
From LoveToKnow 1911
SURBASE (Lat. super, whence the Fr. sur, above or upon, and base, q.v.), i.e. upper base, the term in architecture applied to what, in the fittings of a room, is called the chair-rail.
Surbase (Lat. super, whence the Fr. sur, above or upon, and base), i.e. upper base, the term in architecture applied to what, in the fittings of a room, is called the chair-rail.
surbase - the molding or border above the base of a structure (a pedestal or podium or wall)
tore, torus - commonly the lowest molding at the base of a column
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 See also: Architecture, Pedestal, Dado, Stall, Cornice
  
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