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archivolt

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ar⋅chi⋅volt

  [ahr-kuh-vohlt]
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–noun Architecture.
a molded or decorated band following the extrados of an arch or forming an archlike frame for an opening.
Origin:
1725–35; < F archivolte < It archivolto < ML *archivoltum, Latinization of OF arvol < LL arcus volūtus vaulted arch; see arch 1 , vault 1
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ar·chi·volt   (är'kə-vōlt')   
n.  A decorative molding carried around an arched wall opening.

[Italian archivolto or French archivolte (French, from Italian) : arco, arch (from Latin arcus) + volta, vault (from Latin volūta; see vault1).]
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archivolt

molding running around the face of an arch immediately above the opening. The architectural term is applied especially to medieval and Renaissance buildings, where the archivolts are often decorated with sculpture, as in the archivolts on the west facade of Chartres cathedral (1140-50).

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