cavetto

 [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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cavetto (kəˈvɛtəʊ, Italian kaˈvetto)
 
—n , pl -ti
architect a concave moulding, shaped to a quarter circle in cross section
 
[C17: from Italian, from cavo hollow, from Latin cavus]

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