mutule

mu·tule

(myo͞o′cho͞ol)

A projecting rectangular block or bracket situated above the triglyph and beneath the corona of a Doric cornice.

[Latin mutulus.]

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mutule

(ˈmjuːtjuːl)

(Architecture) architect one of a set of flat blocks below the corona of a Doric cornice. Compare modillion

[C16: via French from Latin mūtulus modillion]

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mu•tule

(ˈmyu tʃul)

n.

a projecting flat block under the corona of the Doric cornice, corresponding to the modillion of other orders.

[1555–65; < Latin mūtulus modillion]

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mutule: a projecting, flat block under the corona under the Doric cornice, corresponding to the modillion of other orders.

"Doric column: a channeled column without a base, having as a capital a circular echinus supporting a square abacus, above which comes a plain architrave, a frieze of triglyphs and metopes, and a cornice the corona of which has mutules on its soffit."