Etymology

gorgerin

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Today it means: In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings. Full definition →

French gorgerin
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  1. French · borrowed fromgorgerin
  2. English todaygorgerin

Borrowed from French gorgerin.

Words from the same roots

Frenchgorgerin all →

gorgerine

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