Architecture. A hollow moulding, esp. in a cornice or a pillar; a cavetto (cavetto, n.).

Architecture. A concave arch or vault; an arched moulding or concavity running along the projecting member of a structure; esp. the concave arch of…

Architecture. Chiefly in classical architecture: a deep concave moulding, esp. at the base of a column; = trochilus, n.2

A concave moulding; = scotia, n., casement, n. 1: esp. in classical architecture.

Architecture. = casement, n. 1a. Obsolete.

‘A hollowed moulding, whose profile is the quadrant of a circle. It is principally used in cornices’ (Gwilt Encycl. Archit.).

Architecture and Building. A moulding with a concave profile similar to, but less pronounced than, a scotia (scotia, n. 2).

Short for hollow meat n. at hollow, adj. adv.compounds 3b, hollow moulding, hollow-plane n. at hollow, adj. adv.compounds 3b, hollow square at square…