noun (n)

• the molding at the top of a column(noun.artifact)

  Synonym:
  necking
  

  source: wordnet30
• In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column.(noun)

  source: webster1913