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CABLE MOULDING

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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 921 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CABLE MOULDING , in See also:architecture, the terns given to a See also:convex moulding carved in See also:imitation of a rope or See also:cord, and used to decorate the See also:mouldings of the Romanesque See also:style in See also:England, ' The dimensions marked in the figure are those for 1-in. chains, and signify so many diameters of the See also:iron of the See also:common links; thus forming a See also:scale for all sizes. See also:France and See also:Spain. The word "cabling" by itself indicates a convex circular moulding sunk in the See also:concave fluting of a classic See also:column, and rising about one-third of the height of the See also:shaft.

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