mutulen.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːtʃuːl/,

/ˈmjuːtjuːl/, U.S.

/ˈmjuˌtʃul/

Forms: 1500s mutilos (plural), 1500s mutuli (plural), 1600s–1700s mutil, 1600s– mutule.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mutulus, mūtulus.

Etymology: < classical Latin mutulus or mūtulus a mutule or modillion, of uncertain origin (perhaps Etruscan; the terminal element is apparently -ulus -ulus suffix). Compare Italian mutulo (a1527), Middle French, French mutule (1546). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (miū·tiul) /ˈmjuːtjuːl/.

Architecture.

Any of a series of projecting decorative brackets placed on the underside of the corona of the cornice in the Doric order. Chiefly in plural. Also in extended use. Cf. modillion n., corbel n. 2.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > parts of Doric entablature

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1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Biii [If he] should make ymages..for pillers and make ouer their heade Mutilos, and Coronas.

1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. D iv b Vitruuius..doth describe the beginning of Mutuli to be necessarie.

1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. i. xiii. 36 The Gotique Order..has compos'd certain lame figur'd Mutils or Corbells in stead of Cartouzes.

1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 137 Mutules..have their name from their defect, as being made thinner and more abated below than above.

1703 tr. Vitruvius & Vignola Theory & Pract. Archit. i. 37 The Corinthian Modillions are imitated by the Mutils of the Dorick Order.

1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 35 a The heads of the Mutules are cut perpendicular, with a cymaise over them.

1803 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 238 [The entablature] will also be of Brick with its mutules, except the four Corners which owing to the great projection of the Order will be necessary to have of Stone.

1843 G. H. Wathen Arts, Antiq. & Chronol. Anc. Egypt 181 Above the architrave of the porch is a cornice ornamented with long mutules or brackets.

1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 187 The stone triglyphs and mutules of the Doric order.

1964 Proc. Brit. Acad. 50 176 Jones constructed a full-scale approximation to the Vitruvian temple model—columns 7½ diameters with mutules one-quarter the height of the columns.

1990 D. Cruickshank & N. Burton Life in Georgian City III. iii. 169/2 Rafter ends..are symbolized by square mutules or modillions set below the soffit.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mutule
释义	mutulen. Brit. /ˈmjuːtʃuːl/, /ˈmjuːtjuːl/, U.S. /ˈmjuˌtʃul/ Forms: 1500s mutilos (plural), 1500s mutuli (plural), 1600s–1700s mutil, 1600s– mutule. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin mutulus, mūtulus. Etymology: < classical Latin mutulus or mūtulus a mutule or modillion, of uncertain origin (perhaps Etruscan; the terminal element is apparently -ulus -ulus suffix). Compare Italian mutulo (a1527), Middle French, French mutule (1546). N.E.D. (1908) gives the pronunciation as (miū·tiul) /ˈmjuːtjuːl/. Architecture. Any of a series of projecting decorative brackets placed on the underside of the corona of the cornice in the Doric order. Chiefly in plural. Also in extended use. Cf. modillion n., corbel n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > entablature > parts of Doric entablature edge1563 femur1563 gutta1563 metope1563 modillion1563 mutule1563 regula1563 subtenia1563 taenia1563 triglyph1563 demi-metope1703 semi-metope1703 diglyph1728 glyph1775 shank1823 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. Biii [If he] should make ymages..for pillers and make ouer their heade Mutilos, and Coronas. 1563 J. Shute First Groundes Archit. sig. D iv b Vitruuius..doth describe the beginning of Mutuli to be necessarie. 1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. i. xiii. 36 The Gotique Order..has compos'd certain lame figur'd Mutils or Corbells in stead of Cartouzes. 1664 J. Evelyn Acct. Archit. in tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. 137 Mutules..have their name from their defect, as being made thinner and more abated below than above. 1703 tr. Vitruvius & Vignola Theory & Pract. Archit. i. 37 The Corinthian Modillions are imitated by the Mutils of the Dorick Order. 1726 G. Leoni tr. L. B. Alberti Architecture II. 35 a The heads of the Mutules are cut perpendicular, with a cymaise over them. 1803 in C. R. Lounsbury Illustr. Gloss. Early Southern Archit. & Landscape (1994) 238 [The entablature] will also be of Brick with its mutules, except the four Corners which owing to the great projection of the Order will be necessary to have of Stone. 1843 G. H. Wathen Arts, Antiq. & Chronol. Anc. Egypt 181 Above the architrave of the porch is a cornice ornamented with long mutules or brackets. 1862 Mrs. J. B. Speid Our Last Years in India 187 The stone triglyphs and mutules of the Doric order. 1964 Proc. Brit. Acad. 50 176 Jones constructed a full-scale approximation to the Vitruvian temple model—columns 7½ diameters with mutules one-quarter the height of the columns. 1990 D. Cruickshank & N. Burton Life in Georgian City III. iii. 169/2 Rafter ends..are symbolized by square mutules or modillions set below the soffit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1563
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