单词 | cavetto |
释义 | ‖ cavetto Arch.|kaˈvɛtto| [It. cavetto, dim. of cavo, f. L. cav-us hollow: see cave.] ‘A hollowed moulding, whose profile is the quadrant of a circle. It is principally used in cornices’ (Gwilt Encycl. Archit.).
1677Moxon Mech. Exerc. (1703) 268 We will describe a Cavetto. 1816J. Smith Panorama Sc. & Art I. 174 The bedmould should consist of an ovolo, fillet, and cavetto. 1876Gwilt Encycl. Archit. 805 The cavetto, mouth, or hollow is chiefly used as a crowning moulding..By workmen it is frequently called a casement. |

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