orlo

[ awr-loh ]

noun,plural or·los.Architecture.
  1. a plinth supporting the base of a column.

Origin of orlo

1
1605–15; <Italian: border, derivative of orlare to hem <Vulgar Latin; see orle

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How to use orlo in a sentence

  • De acido e cibis orlo, et de magnesia, reprinted at Edinburgh, 1854.

  • Then, orlo, would you not wish to please so merciful and kind a Master, who has done so much for you?

    Tales of the Sea | W.H.G. Kingston
  • orlo, from his quickness of vision, was now constantly employed as one of the look-outs.

    Tales of the Sea | W.H.G. Kingston
  • Bitter, too, was the anguish which poor orlo suffered when he felt that he should for ever be separated from his beloved Era.

    Tales of the Sea | W.H.G. Kingston
  • orlo begged that he and Era and their child might also be there set on shore.

    Tales of the Sea | W.H.G. Kingston