dadoes

noun

a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it

the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase

panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

verb

cut a dado into or fit into a dado

provide with a dado

Roots

dareda- · Latin · to give

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