mutule

A projecting rectangular block or bracket situated above the triglyph and beneath the corona of a Doric cornice.

In architecture, a projecting piece in the form of a flat block under the corona of the Doric cornice, corresponding to the modillion of other orders.

A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of gutta.

The rectangular blocks under the soffit of the cornice of the Greek Doric temple, which is studded with guttae.