quarter round

American  

noun

1. a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.

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quarter round British  

noun

1. architect another name for ovolo

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Etymology

Origin of quarter round

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

The quarter round the Place Vendôme is certainly one of the finest in Paris, and most decidedly the dearest.

From How to Enjoy Paris in 1842 Intended to Serve as a Companion and Monitor, Containing Historical, Political, Commercial, Artistical, Theatrical And Statistical Information by Hervé, F.

He couldn't get a half nor a quarter round the world in the time.

From Round the World in Seven Days by Strang, Herbert

The tranter turned a quarter round and smiled a smile of miserable satire at the setting new moon, which happened to catch his eye.

From Under the Greenwood Tree, or, the Mellstock quire; a rural painting of the Dutch school by Hardy, Thomas

It is about two milds and a quarter round the city; the walls are thirty or forty feet high; there are thirty-four towers on the walls, and the city has eight gates.

From Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife by Holley, Marietta

Dante felt himself as little a stranger in the "Latin" quarter round Mont St. Genevieve as under the arches of Bologna.

From History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 by Green, John Richard