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Definition of: modillion
(mō·dil′yən) noun Archit.
An enriched block or horizontal bracket used in series under a Corinthian or Composite cornice: sometimes, with less ornament, under one of the Roman Ionic order. [<F modillon <Ital. modiglione]
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