Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Frustum

Frustum , noun

[Latin fruslum piece, bit.]

1.
(Geometry) The part of a solid next the base, formed by cutting off the, top; or the part of any solid, as of a cone, pyramid, etc., between two planes, which may be either parallel or inclined to each other.
2.
(Architecture) One of the drums of the shaft of a column.