What is the fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave called?
taenia — (Arch.) The fillet, or band, at the bottom of a Doric frieze, separating it from the architrave. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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