1. (

• wainscot ,
• dado

) panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall ;

2. (

• dado ,

) the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase ;

3. (

• dado ,

) a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it ;

1. (

• dado

) provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" ;

2. (

• dado

) cut a dado into or fit into a dado ;