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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 da·do /ˈde(ˌ)do/
 護牆板,臺座腰部

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Da·do n.; pl. Dadoes   Arch. (a) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence: (b) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course.  See Base course, under Base. (c) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 dado
      n 1: panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is
           finished differently from the rest [syn: wainscot]
      2: the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase
      3: a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece
         can fit into it
      v 1: provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining
           room"
      2: cut a dado into or fit into a dado
      [also: dadoes (pl)]