dentil noun & adjective. ['dɛntɪl] Also (earlier) in Italian form dentello, pl. -telli. L16.
[(Italian dentello or) French dentille (now dentelle) fem. dim. of dent tooth, from Latin dens, dent-.]
Architecture.
A. noun.
1. Each of the small rectangular blocks resembling teeth, under the bed-moulding of the cornice in the Ionic, Corinthian, Composite, and sometimes Doric, orders. L16.

2. = DENTICULE. E18-E19.
b. attrib. or as adjective. Consisting of or containing dentils; resembling (a series of) dentils. M18.

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