cavetto

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Architecture.

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

cavetto

/ kəˈvɛtəʊ; kaˈvetto /

Origin of cavetto¹

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

Origin of cavetto¹

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

Yet the Torcello base resembles these Gothic ones both in expansion beneath and in depth of cavetto above.

One of the most distinctive mouldings is the cavetto, a wide shallow hollow in the centre of a group of mouldings.

The apophyge is the inverted cavetto or concave sweep, on the upper edge of which the diminishing shaft rests.

A bold but shallow cavetto or hollow cornice moulding is frequently carried along the wall just under the parapet.

Cavetto, ka-vet′to, n. a hollowed moulding whose curvature is the quarter of a circle, used chiefly in cornices.

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