dadoes
Lower decorated walls
Dadoes is the plural of dado, which has two main meanings in architecture and woodworking.
A dado is the lower portion of an interior wall when decorated differently from the upper part—typically with paneling or wainscoting.
In joinery, a dado is a rectangular groove cut across the grain of a board, used to receive the edge of another piece: The shelves fit into dadoes cut in the side panels.
wainscoting
Lower wall wood covering
- panelingInterior wall sheathing
- moldingDecorative architectural edging
- baseboardTrim covering wall-floor junction
chair rail · plinth · pedestal · frieze · cornice · trim · woodwork · entablature · column · pilaster
groove
Narrow cut or routine
joint · router · chisel · crosscut · housing · notch · woodworking · carpentry · cabinet · shelf
joint/cut type
dadoesbutt joints
Ends joined flush together
mortises · miter joints · dovetails · grooves