† orlon.
Architecture. Obsolete. rare.
1. The fillet under the ovolo of a capital.
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a1652 I. Jones in B. Allsopp & R. A. Sayce Inigo Jones on Palladio (1970) II. iv. 80 The orlo or brim or spaces ar ¼ of the flutinges.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Colarin Colarin is also used for the Orlo, or Ring, a-top of the Shaft of the Column, next the Capital; called also Cincture.
2. The plinth under the base of a column.
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1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. 31 Orlo [It. orlo], or Plinth of the Base.
1852 E. Lomax & T. Gunyon Nicholson's Encycl. of Archit. II. 311/2 The plinth is also called the orle or orlo.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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