dentil

/den-tl, -til/US // ˈdɛn tl, -tɪl //UK // (ˈdɛntɪl) //

齿形,齿纹,齿痕,齿状物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

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Architecture.
- : any of a series of closely spaced, small, rectangular blocks, used especially in classical architecture beneath the coronas of Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite cornices.

Dentil band, in Classic architecture, a series of small blocks resembling square-shaped teeth.
The only carved molding is the Grecian fret of the dentil course in the pedimental cornice.
Fragments of the lintel over the outer door, with its projecting dentil cornice, are preserved in one of the shops (Fig. 138).
In the Diaconissa the notched dentil form is used for the beads; in the Chora, a 'bead and reel.'
External cornices are in coursed brick, the alternate courses being laid diagonally so as to form the characteristic dentil.