cavetto
[k
uh
-
vet
-oh;
Italian
kah-
vet
-taw]
/kəˈvɛt oʊ;
Italian
kɑˈvɛt tɔ/
noun
,
plural
cavettos,
cavetti
[k
uh
-
vet
-ee;
Italian
kah-
vet
-tee]
/kəˈvɛt i;
Italian
kɑˈvɛt ti/
(
Show IPA
).
Architecture
1.
a concave molding the outline of which is a quarter circle.
Origin
1670-80;
<
Italian,
equivalent to
cav
(
o
) (<
Latin
cavus
or
cavum
hollow place; see
cave
) +
-etto
-et
Examples from the web for
cavetto
The interior is decorated with two incised dragons chasing flaming pearls around the
cavetto
and covered with colorless glaze.
The baseboard has a small cap, and the chair rail features a
cavetto
molding and bull nose.
British Dictionary definitions for
cavetto
cavetto
/
kəˈvɛtəʊ;
Italian
kaˈvetto
/
noun
(
pl
)
-ti
(
-tɪ
;
Italian
) (
-ti
)
1.
(
architect
) a concave moulding, shaped to a quarter circle in cross section
Word Origin
C17: from Italian, from
cavo
hollow, from Latin
cavus