cavetto

[ kuh-vet-oh; Italian kah-vet-taw ]

noun

, Architecture.

, plural ca·vet·tos, ca·vet·ti [k, uh, -, vet, -ee, kah-, vet, -tee],

1. a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.

cavetto

/ kəˈvɛtəʊ; kaˈvetto /

noun

1. architect a concave moulding, shaped to a quarter circle in cross section

Word History and Origins

Origin of cavetto¹

1670–80; < Italian, equivalent to cav ( o ) (< Latin cavus or cavum hollow place; cave ) + -etto -et

Word History and Origins

Origin of cavetto¹

C17: from Italian, from cavo hollow, from Latin cavus

Example Sentences

It was no more than a bit of moulding, the upper edge of which caught the sun, directly, making the cavetto underneath it a soft yellowing glow.

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But instead of the lintel the arch has been introduced, and the ornament in stucco representing the Persian cavetto cornice shows imperfect knowledge of the original and is clumsily worked.

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The grain is molded with a thick angle torus followed by a listel and a large shallow cavetto.

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Fourthly: Byzantine bases, if they have an incision between the upper roll and cavetto, are very apt to approach the form of fig.

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They have a singularly archaic and simple profile, composed of a single cavetto and roll, which are circular, on a square plinth.

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