Dictionary De - En
De - Es
De - Pt| English Dictionary: Coving | by the DICT Development Group |
| 2 results for Coving | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
Coving \Cov"ing\, n. (Arch.) (a) A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story. (b) The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
|
Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coved} (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Coving}.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H. Swinburne. {Coved ceiling}, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. {Coved vault}, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault. | |
