ovolo

American  

[oh-vuh-loh] / ˈoʊ vəˌloʊ /

noun

Architecture.

• ovoli
  plural

1. a convex molding forming or approximating in section a quarter of a circle or ellipse.

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ovolo British  

/ ˈəʊvəˌləʊ /

noun

1. Also called: quarter round, thumb. architect a convex moulding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or ellipse Compare congé echinus

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ovoli
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of ovolo

1655–65; < Italian, variant (now obsolete) of uovolo, diminutive of uovo egg ¹ < Latin ōvum

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

ovolo

The lip and base have the favorite ovolo moulding; the body has two rows of fluting separated by a transverse band, charged with leaves, and with a swan in the centre.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

Effective use is made of a reeded ovolo, and the fascia of the architrave bears a pleasing hand-tooled band of vertical flutes with a festooned flat fillet112 running through it.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins

Here, however, the effect is slightly enriched by a nicely hand-tooled ovolo molding in the cornice of the penthouse roof that is repeated with an elliptical fan design in the pediment of the hood.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Frank Cousins

Again: the Doric capital was unimitative; but all the beauty it had was dependent on the precision of its ovolo, a natural curve of the most frequent occurrence.

From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin

In the Archaic-Greek Ionic order, owing to the greater width of the capital, the abacus is rectangular in plan, and consists of a carved ovolo moulding.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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