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quarter round

noun

  1. a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.


quarter round

noun

  1. architect another name for ovolo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of quarter round1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

Only quarter round with the switch when the engine gets her stroke.

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.

Except in attaching the quarter round and triangular moldings for fillets no nailing is necessary in erecting and taking down the forms.

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.

The quarter round the Place Vendôme is certainly one of the finest in Paris, and most decidedly the dearest.

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