Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913
Modillion
Mo·dil′lion (mō·dĭl′yŭn), n. [F. modillon, It. modiglione. Cf. Module, n.] (Arch.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; — so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.