Ovolo

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A classical convex moulding carved with an egg and dart ornament.

    "Decoration inside: six linked palmettes with 9 petals around a band of ovolos between incised lines, surrounded by 13 palmettes linked around a band of ovolos."

  2. 2
    a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse wordnet

Synonyms

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echinusechinusfriezequarter roundquarter roundquarter-round

Example

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"Decoration inside: six linked palmettes with 9 petals around a band of ovolos between incised lines, surrounded by 13 palmettes linked around a band of ovolos."

Etymology

From Italian ovolo, from Latin ōvum (“egg”). Doublet of ovule.

Related phrases

egg and dart

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