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quarter round

noun

  1. a molding, as on an ovolo, whose section is a quarter circle.


quarter round

noun

  1. architect another name for ovolo
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quarter round1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

Echinus (e-kīnus), in architecture, the ovolo or quarter-round convex moulding, seen in capitals of the Doric order.

Only quarter round with the switch when the engine gets her stroke.

In some, the upper corner of the cylinder was taken off in a sort of concave quarter-round, but in others the cylinder was entire.

The hallway door has six panels, with beaded edges and quarter-round molding in the panels.

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