cavetti

[kuh-vet-oh; It. kah-vet-taw]

ca·vet·to

[kuh-vet-oh; It. kah-vet-taw]
noun, plural ca·vet·ti [-tee] , ca·vet·tos. Architecture.
a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.


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