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

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

I had been turned fully a quarter round.

From Sight Unseen by Rinehart, Mary Roberts

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

When a Turn is to be made but half a quarter round, it must be mark'd a quarter of a Circle on the side of the Step, without joining it to the Step.

From Orchesography Or, the Art of Dancing The Art of Dancing by Characters and Demonstrative Figures by Weaver, John

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