hypotrachelium

hypotrachelium
/huy'poh treuh kee"lee euhm/, n., pl. hypotrachelia /-lee euh/.
(on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft. Cf. trachelium.
[1555-65; < L < Gk hypotrachélion. See HYPO-, TRACHELIUM]

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