1. decorated or finished with a dado (a decorative wall panel or wainscoting, typically covering the lower part of an interior wall)
Usage: architectural term; usually used in interior design contexts

Examples

• The Victorian dining room featured dadoed walls painted in deep green.
• The hallway was dadoed with oak panels up to the chair rail.
• They chose to have the library dadoed to add warmth and elegance to the space.
• The dadoed walls in the study gave it a classic, formal appearance.
• The restoration team carefully preserved the original dadoed finish in the historic mansion.