relievo

American  

[ri-lee-voh, ril-yev-oh] / rɪˈli voʊ, rɪlˈyɛv oʊ /

noun

plural

relievos

1. Obsolete. relief.

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relievo British  

/ rɪˈliːvəʊ, rɪlˈjeɪvəʊ /

noun

1. another name for relief

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Etymology

Origin of relievo

1615–25; < Italian rilievo relief ², derivative of rilevare to raise < Latin relevāre; see relieve

Example Sentences

But there was one spot thrown into alto relievo by the sombre drapery of woe.

From The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada by Hodgins, J. George (John George)

Their subject was a foreground like a relievo.

From Gryll Grange by Peacock, Thomas Love

The facing of the stones is decorated with hieroglyphics, in which serpents and crocodiles carved in relievo are visible.

From Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology by Baldwin, John D. (John Denison)

Around the ring were the letters, U.D.O.W.A.T. in relievo, the meaning of which he could not comprehend.

From The Banished A Swabian Historical Tale. In Three Volumes. by Hauff, Wilhelm

At each end of the portico is fixed in the wall a fragment of basso relievo.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John