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Surbase

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Lat. super, whence the Fr. sur, above or upon, and base, q.v.), i.e. upper base, the term in architecture applied to what, in the fittings of a room, is called the chair-rail. It is also used to distinguish the cornice of a pedestal or podium and is separated from the base by the dado or die.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Surbase'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​s/surbase.html. 1910.
 
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