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What is a dentil?

What is a dentil? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) One of a series of small rectangular blocks projecting like teeth from a molding or beneath a cornice.
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The attic window over the garage doors needed some care. So did the top of the tower where a dentil trim made the whole difference.
The marble was part of the dentil moulding that serves as a frame for the frieze of statues atop the court's main entrance.
Four parts, of different lengths, are adorned with two rows of rectangular recessed panels with dentil moldings under the cornice top.
Fancy dentil blocks and scamozzi capitals at the top of these decorative columns are bringing this replica very close to the original concept.
Highlighted items are the paintwork gilding to the capitals in the entrance hall and dentil frieze details in the dining room.
Arabic art also demonstrates a fine utilization of dentil friezes creating an impression of lightness.

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