archivolt

American

[ahr-kuh-vohlt] / ˈɑr kəˌvoʊlt /

noun

Architecture.

a molded or decorated band following the extrados of an arch or forming an archlike frame for an opening.

archivolt British

/ ˈɑːkɪˌvəʊlt /

noun

a moulding around an arch, sometimes decorated
the under surface of an arch

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Etymology

Origin of archivolt

1725–35; < French archivolte < Italian archivolto < Medieval Latin *archivoltum, Latinization of Old French arvol < Late Latin arcus volūtus vaulted arch; see arch ¹, vault ¹

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