dado
/ˈdeɪdoʊ/
noun
- The lower part of a wall, from the floor to about waist height, often decorated or covered with a different material (like wood paneling or paint).
- We installed a tile dado in the bathroom to protect the walls from splashes.
- They painted the dado a darker color to hide scuff marks.
- The old house had a wooden dado in the dining room.
- A rectangular groove cut into a piece of wood, usually across the grain, to receive another piece (in carpentry).
- The drawer sides fit into a dado on the front piece.
- You need a special saw blade to make a clean dado joint.
- The carpenter cut a dado in the shelf to hold the divider.