Block of concrete

Es un opcion posible
que por supuesto no es lo mismo que concrete block que se refiere mas bien a un tipo de mamposteria

Hi Fabio!
This is a possibility..so please wait to see what colleagues say.
Here're the RHW dic. defs. for the term:

da·do (d!Æd$), n., pl. -does, -dos, v.
–n.
1. Also called die. Archit. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap. See diag. under column.
2. the lower broad part of an interior wall finished in wallpaper, a fabric, paint, etc.
3. Carpentry. a groove or rectangular section for receiving the end of a board.
–v.t.
4. to provide with a dado.
5. dado in, to insert (a board or the like) into a dado.
[1655–65; < It: die, cube, pedestal, perh. < Ar dad game]

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Fabio:
Perhaps some of these refs. may help u
Luck:-)

dAdo - Definitions from Dictionary.comDefinitions of dAdo at Dictionary.com. ... Also called die. Architecture. the part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice or cap. ...
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Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page ...{{context|architecture}} The [[lower]] portion of an interior [[wall]] decorated ... ===Noun=== {{pt-noun-m}} # A [[die]]. ===Verb=== '''dado''' # past ...
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dado - Wiktionary(architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base. ... dado m. (plural dados). A die. ... Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dado" ...
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JSTOR: Interior Details in Eighteenth Century Architectural BooksSince mouldings do, as it were, compose the alphabet of architecture, ... The base, die or dado and surbase, the three elements used to trim the lower ...
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pedestal (architecture) -- Britannica Online Encyclopediain Classical architecture, support or base for a column, statue, vase, or obelisk. ... from bottom to top: the plinth (or foot), the die (or dado),. ...
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Seslisozluk.com sesli sözlük - pedestal sözlük çevirisi ...It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or ... In Classical architecture, a support or base for a column, statue, vase, ...
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TU Delft - Publications 2005Delft: Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Architecture. (TUD). Koenders, EAB, Schlangen, HEJG, Dado, E, & Breugel, K van (2005). ...
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dado definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta2. architecture Same as die2 (sense 5). 3. joinery rectangular groove in board: a ... 1. construction put dado on wall: to fit a wall with a dado ...
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Architecture (P)A fully searchable and cross-referenced encyclopaedia of architecture, ... It consists of three parts, the base, the die or dado, and the cornice or surbase ...
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Introduction to Classical Architecture | GrandTradition.netClassical architecture is not so much a style as it is an approach to ... In turn, pedestals consist of a plinth at the bottom, a dado or die in the middle, ...
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