单词 | coved |
释义 | covedadj. a. Formed into a cove; arched, vaulted. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] pended1587 camerated1658 coved1756 coving1854 arcuated1860 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters ii. 130 The spring..is surrounded with a coved wall of about three feet high. 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xliv. (T.) The mosques..are rounded into domes and coved roofs. 1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. vi. 209 The roof proper may be flat, coved, or domed. a1878 G. G. Scott Lect. Mediæval Archit. (1879) II. 138 Repeating on its coved surface the coffered panels. b. coved ceiling n. one rising in an arched curve; now usually one connected with the cornice by a concave curve. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > roof > ceiling > [noun] > types of lacec1330 plancher1561 concameration1644 fasciaa1652 laqueary1656 cant-ceiling1688 laquear1706 string-piece1789 coved ceiling1796 concha1832 false ceiling1870 wagon-ceiling1875 suspended ceiling1933 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) I. 489 A coved ceiling of about 10 feet high. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 165 In the coved ceiling..there are still some bright frescos. 1880 Sat. Rev. No. 1292. 135 The destruction of the coved plaster ceiling of Bishop Montague. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.1756 |
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