coved, ppl. a.
(kəʊvd)
[f. cove n.1 and v. + -ed.]
Formed into a cove; arched, vaulted.
| 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters II. 130 The spring..is surrounded with a coved wall of about three feet high. 1779 H. Swinburne Trav. through Spain xliv. (T.), The mosques..are rounded into domes and coved roofs. 1853 Ruskin Stones Ven. II. vi. §81. 209 The roof proper may be flat, coved, or domed. 1879 Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. II. 138 Repeating on its coved surface the coffered panels. |
b. coved ceiling: one rising in an arched curve; now usually one connected with the cornice by a concave curve.
| 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. I. 489 A coved ceiling of about 10 feet high. 1858 Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 165 In the coved ceiling..there are still some bright frescos. 1880 Sat. Rev. No. 1292. 135 The destruction of the coved plaster ceiling of Bishop Montague. |