quarter round
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of quarter round
First recorded in 1700–10
Example Sentences
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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
At New Orleans, which is quarter round the world from Greenwich, it would be just in his horizon.
From The Brick Moon and Other Stories by Hale, Edward Everett
Except in attaching the quarter round and triangular moldings for fillets no nailing is necessary in erecting and taking down the forms.
From Concrete Construction Methods and Costs by Gillette, Halbert Powers
I had been turned fully a quarter round.
From Sight Unseen by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
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
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