Ovolo
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse wordnet
Antonyms
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More examples"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.