Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gorgerin"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Gorgerin \Gor`ge*rin"\, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.)
In some columns, that part of the capital between the
termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or
the space between two neck moldings; -- called also {neck of
the capital}, and {hypotrachelium}. See Illust. of {Column}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

gorgerin
n : the molding at the top of a column [syn: {necking}]


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