The gilt lantern burned palely in the stairwell, but in the dining room the ordinary shadows deepened in the corners and hung like smoke in the coving of the ceiling.
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Coving
//ˈkəʊvɪŋ//
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German
2 entries- Hohlkehlleiste noun (concave surface between a ceiling and a wall)
- Stuckleiste noun (concave surface between a ceiling and a wall)
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