MUTULE

Etymology

Noun

mutule (plural mutules)

(architecture) Any of the rectangular blocks under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which are studded with guttae.

Anagrams

• luteum

Source: Wiktionary


Mu"tule, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. mutulus.] (Arch.)

Definition: A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta. Oxf. Gloss.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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