ˈdentel Arch.
[ad. F. dentelle (formerly -ele), now used in sense of 16th c. dentille.]
= dentil.
| 1850 J. Leitch tr. Müller's Anc. Art §189. 170 Blending of the Ionic dentels with the Doric triglyphs. 1876 Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss., Dentils, or Dentels, the small square blocks or projections in the bed mouldings of cornices in the Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, and occasionally Doric orders. |