different between modillion vs dentelli

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian modiglione. Doublet of moellon.

Noun

modillion (plural modillions)

1. (architecture) A decoratively carved supporting block atop a column.
   • 1922, Claude Fayette Bragdon in The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture, Essay II, Unity and Polarity

     The familiar classic console or modillion is an example: although in general contour it is well adapted to its function as a supporting bracket, embedded in, and projecting from a wall, yet the scroll-like ornament with which its sides are embellished gives it the appearance of not entering the wall at all, but of being stuck against it in some miraculous manner.

Related terms

• moellon
• mutule

English

Etymology

Italian

Noun

dentelli pl (plural only)

1. modillions

Anagrams

• linteled

Italian

Noun

dentelli m

1. plural of dentello

Verb

dentelli

1. second-person singular present indicative of dentellare
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of dentellare
3. second-person singular present subjunctive of dentellare
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dentellare
5. third-person singular imperative of dentellare