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cavetto
[ kuh-vet-oh; Italian kah-vet-taw ]
noun
, Architecture.
, plural ca·vet·tos, ca·vet·ti [k, uh, -, vet, -ee, kah-, vet, -tee],
- a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.
cavetto
/ kəˈvɛtəʊ; kaˈvetto /
noun
- architect a concave moulding, shaped to a quarter circle in cross section
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cavetto1
C17: from Italian, from cavo hollow, from Latin cavus
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Example Sentences
Yet the Torcello base resembles these Gothic ones both in expansion beneath and in depth of cavetto above.
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One of the most distinctive mouldings is the cavetto, a wide shallow hollow in the centre of a group of mouldings.
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The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep, on the upper edge of which the diminishing shaft rests.
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A bold but shallow cavetto or hollow cornice moulding is frequently carried along the wall just under the parapet.
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Cavetto, ka-vet′to, n. a hollowed moulding whose curvature is the quarter of a circle, used chiefly in cornices.
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