dentils

• Over the frieze comes the line of dentils, made of the same height as the middle fascia of the architrave and with a projection equal to their height. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
• The corona with its cymatium, but not including the sima, has the height of the middle fascia of the architrave, and the total projection of the corona and dentils should be equal to the height from the frieze to the cymatium at the top of the corona Illustration: A COMPARISON OF THE IONIC ORDER ACCORDING TO VITRUVIUS WITH ACTUAL EXAMPLES AND WITH VIGNOLA'S ORDER A: Showing the orders reduced to equal lower diameters. —  The Ten Books on Architecture
• The soffits of the arches and domes are covered with diaper mouldings, with rich friezes and dentils along the edges. —  The South of France—East Half
• The brick dentils, or textured brick design at the top of the arch, are also common in Brownsville architecture. —  Brownsville Herald :
• A reminiscence of primitive wood construction is seen in the dentils over the plain architrave of the entrance, which in other respects recalls the triple entrances to certain mastabas of the Old —  A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised

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