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Gorgerin
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Gorgerin has 1 sense
- gorgerin(n = noun.artifact) necking - the molding at the top of a column; Array is a kind of molding, moulding
CIDE DICTIONARY
Gorgerin, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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