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

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

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

The quarter round finish of the back is not necessary, the treatment of the end being optional so long as dimensions and construction are regarded.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 05, May 1895 Two Florentine Pavements by Various

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

I had been turned fully a quarter round.

From Sight Unseen by Rinehart, Mary Roberts