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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gorgerin \Gor`ge*rin"\, n. [F., fr gorge neck.] (Arch.) 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; -- called also {neck of the capital}, and {hypotrachelium}. See Illust. of {Column}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gorgerin n : the molding at the top of a column [syn: {necking}]
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