dado

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall
noun the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
noun a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it

From Italian dado, first attested in 1664.

Ya sabe Ud. que pelados en Méjico y rotos en Chile son nombres dados a la gente del pueblo bajo. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
Media hora de conversación, convenciéndonos de que no debíamos casarnos, nos ha dado a conocer mejor que dos años de relaciones para casarnos. — Tres Comedias : $b Sin querer; De pequenas causas...; Los intereses creados, Jacinto Benavente
The tall, square pillars in the house, from dado above to where they rested in the brick base below, showed the naked wood, untouched so long by paint that it had grown furzy from rain and snow, and splintery from sun and heat. — The Bishop of Cottontown: A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills, John Trotwood Moore

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