gorgerin

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gorgerin - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gorgerin \Gor`ge*rin"\, n. [F., fr. gorge neck.] (Arch.)
     In some columns, that part of the capital between the
     termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or
     the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital
     , and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.
     [1913 Webster]

gorgerin - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  gorgerin
      n 1: the molding at the top of a column [syn: gorgerin,
           necking]