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Webster 1913 Edition

Modillion

Mo-dil′lion

,
Noun.
[F.
modillon
, It.
modiglione
. Cf.
Module
,
Noun.
]
(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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Modillion

MODILLION

,
Noun.
modil'yun. [L. modiolus, from modus.]
In architecture, an ornament in the cornice of the Ionic, Corinthian and composite columns; a sort of bracket serving to support the projecture of the larmier or drip; a dental.

Definition 2024

modillion

modillion

English

Noun

modillion ‎(plural modillions)

  1. (architecture) A decoratively carved supporting block atop a column.
    • 1922: The familiar classic console or modillion is an example: although in general contour it is well adapted to its function as a supporting bracket, embedded in, and projecting from a wall, yet the scroll-like ornament with which its sides are embellished gives it the appearance of not entering the wall at all, but of being stuck against it in some miraculous manner. — Claude Fayette Bragdon in The Beautiful Necessity: Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture, Essay II, Unity and Polarity

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