the lower part of the wall inside a room, when this is painted a different colour or covered in different paper from the upper part

We've painted the dado a dark mulberry colour and the rest of the wall off-white. 我们把墙裙漆成深桑色，其余的墙漆成灰白色。

short for dado rail : a long, thin, decorative piece of wood fixed about halfway up a wall, separating the wall into two parts

You can make a room look larger, or smaller, by altering the level of dados and picture rails.

The bath has been panelled and the walls tiled up to dado height. 浴室镶有护板，墙壁贴着高及护壁条的瓷砖。

a long cut that is made into a piece of wood, which the edge of another piece of wood is fixed into

Cut dadoes in the sides of the chest for the joints with the bottom panel.

a dado blade/joint 墙板开槽刀/接缝