cavetto

American  

[kuh-vet-oh, kah-vet-taw] / kəˈvɛt oʊ, kɑˈvɛt tɔ /

noun

Architecture.

plural

cavettos, cavetti

1. a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.

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cavetto British  

/ kəˈvɛtəʊ, kaˈvetto /

noun

1. architect a concave moulding, shaped to a quarter circle in cross section

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Etymology

Origin of cavetto

1670–80; < Italian, equivalent to cav ( o ) (< Latin cavus or cavum hollow place; see cave) + -etto -et

Example Sentences

Embedded in this color is a profusion of shapes: balls and balusters, cubes, boxes, spikes, seamed and weathered palings, fragments of ogee and cavetto molding, the fossils of the Age of Wood.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand, the later Gothic base, 11, has always its upper roll well developed, and, generally, the fillet between it and the cavetto vertical.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John

The return of the cavetto in 21, 23, and 26, is comparatively rare, and is generally a sign of later date.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) by Ruskin, John

The grain is molded with a thick angle torus followed by a listel and a shallow cavetto.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Lebert, Marie

Each grain has the following moldings: a thick angle torus, a listel, a shallow cavetto and a row of carved hollow saw-teeth.

From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Lebert, Marie