单词 | quarter round moulding |
释义 | > as lemmasquarter round moulding quarter-round n. chiefly Architecture a convex moulding (moulding n.1 2b) having an outline of a quarter-circle, an ovolo or echinus; also attributive, as quarter round moulding, quarter round tool, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > projecting moulding(s) tablementa1400 tabling1410 projecture1563 rib1608 watering table1609 tableting1610 ledge1611 quarter-round1664 cornice1670 bolection1708 dress1726 tablet?1756 dressing1789 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > architectural ornament > [noun] > moulding > convex moulding roundel1535 ovoloa1652 quarter-round1664 round1673 baguette1728 half-round1842 the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > [adjective] > spherical or globular > quarter of a sphere quarter-round1963 1664 J. Evelyn tr. R. Fréart Parallel Antient Archit. i. xxxiv. 80 The remedy is at hand by adding a few Leaves or other Carvings.., with Eggs upon the quarter round. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Echinus Termed..Ovolo by the Italians; but the English Workmen commonly call it the Quarter-round. 1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xii. 171 Let us observe the ‘ovolo’, or quarter-round, in a cornice. 1853 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. II. vi. 272 The arches and purlins are well moulded, with the quarter round and fillet. 1894 J. J. Holtzapffel Ornamental or Complex Turning ix. i. 490 The external mouldings of the frame were then completed with a quarter hollow and a quarter round tool. 1937 Times 12 May 15 Next comes the warm room of the [Roman] bath system, and..part of the cement floor, skirted with a quarter round moulding. 1963 C. R. Cowell et al. Inlays, Crowns, & Bridges iii. 23 A quarter-round bur for contra-angle handpieces is used to cut 2-mm. pinholes. 2002 Sun (Baltimore) (Nexis) 13 Apr. d1 I went over to the neighborhood hardware store and bought some 8-foot long sections of quarter-round. < as lemmas |
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