Glossary · N
Necking
Also called hypotrachelium
The plain band at the top of a Tuscan or Doric shaft, between the astragal and the capital proper. Also called the hypotrachelium.
See also: Capital
Rules that use the word
The Greek entasis: a barely perceptible swelling. Give the shaft a continuous convex curve from base to necking, departing from a straight taper by only a few hundredths of a diameter, so that the column seems to flex under its load rather than to pinch.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Tuscan Order.
Nearby in the glossary
Naga balustrade · Naos · Narthex · Nave · Newel · Niche · Nosing · Noyane