Definition of dadoes:
(n) :
(carpentry) The rectangular channel in a board cut across the grain.
(n) :
(architecture) The section of a pedestal above the base.
(n) :
(architecture) The lower portion of an interior wall decorated differently from the upper portion.
(v) :
(transitive, architecture) To furnish with a dado.
(v) :
(transitive, carpentry) To cut a dado.
(n) :
A surname.