listeln.
/ˈlɪstl/, U.S. /ˈlɪst(ə)l/ Architecture.
A small list or fillet.
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1598 R. Haydocke tr. G. P. Lomazzo Tracte Artes Paintinge i. xxv. 89 The vpper rule, called listello.
1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 127 Those very small Listellos or Annulets under the Echinus of the Doric Capitel, by the Italians call'd Gradetti, Degrees.
1715 N. Dubois & G. Leoni tr. A. Palladio Architecture I. xv. 25 Annulets, or Listellas.
1812–16 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 172 A small flat face is called a fillet, or listel.
1848 tr. W. Hoffmeister Trav. Ceylon & Continental India 339 The roof..is..formed of smooth planks, over the seams of which are laid triangular listels, to prevent the rain from penetrating.
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