designslinger - Word of the Week: mutule


[mutule (1928) Grant Park pylon /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

mutule
[MYOO-chool] n. a flat block on the underside of a cornice soffit usually decorated
with inverted conelike ornaments called guttae; from the Latin: mūtulus.


[mutule (1928) Grant Park pylon /Image & Artwork: designslinger]

 

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