gorgerin

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Noun

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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

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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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