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Definition of Coved
1. cove [v] - See also: cove
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coved
Literary usage of Coved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Vignola by William Robert Ware, Vignola (1906)
"This is called a False coved Ceiling, since, although it is a true vault, the
upper portion is nearly flat and it looks very much like a coved Ceiling. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1814)
"... in compartments and roses ; the whole of the walls and cieling (coved) are
painted. ... in frieze, rich scroll foliage and vases : coved cieling. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John BRITTON (1838)
"The ceilings are often coved, and have elegant pendants. The long gallery at
Haddon Hall, Derbyshire, ..."
4. Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account, Alphabetically Arranged by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1828)
"The lower apartments under the arcade were paved with Mosaics, coved and beautifully
painted, as was also the greater part of the villa. ..."
5. The Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, George Parsons Lathrop, Julian Hawthorne (1883)
"... and found ourselves in a small room, wainscoted with beautifully carved oak,
roofed with a coved ceiling, painted with symbols of the planets, ..."
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