In architecture or masonry, the lower decorative wall paneling or wainscoting, also called 'dado.'
Variant or related form of 'dado,' from Italian 'dado' meaning 'die' or 'cube' (the geometric shape of the wall section), which came from Latin 'datum' (something given or placed).
The word 'dado' comes from the cube-shaped architectural element that looks like a die, connecting it etymologically to the English word 'die' used in board games—both trace back to the Latin 'datum,' literally something that was 'given' or 'cast' as a throw.
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