MODILLION

modillion|modilion. Modillion, or Modilion, n. a kind of bracket

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Mo‐dil″lion (?), n. [[F. modillon, It. modiglione. Cf. Module, n.]] (Arch.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; — so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.