Found 2 hits - Term: coving, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
cove \cove\, v. t. imp. p. p. coved k?vd; p. pr. vb. n.
coving. arch.
to arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in
the form of a cove.
1913 webster
the mosques and other buildings of the arabians are
rounded into domes and coved roofs. --h.
swinburne.
1913 webster
coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail
is constructed in a cove.
coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a
central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined
vault.
1913 webster
see also:
coved coving coved ceiling coved vault
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
coving \cov"ing\, n. arch.
a a cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface
under the overhang of a projecting upper story.
b the splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace.
webster 1913 suppl.
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