ovolo Arch.
(ˈəʊvələʊ)
Pl. ovoli (-liː).
[ad. It. † ovolo, now uovolo, dim. of † ovo, uovo:—L. ovum egg.]
A convex moulding of which the section is a quarter-circle or (approximately) a quarter-ellipse, receding from the vertical downwards; also called quarter-round or echinus.
| 1663 Gerbier Counsel 32 The List, the Ovolo, the Cimatium. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 112/2 Ovolo is a quarter round under a projecting square. 1847 Smeaton Builder's Man. 216 There are eight mouldings introduced in the orders: the ovolo, the talon, the cyma, the cavetto, the torus, the astragal, the scotia, and the fillet. 1862 Rickman Goth. Archit. 9 The enriched ovolo of the Ionic capital. |
b. attrib.
| 1832 J. L. Loudon Encycl. Cottage Archit. Gloss. (1836) 1129 Ovolo moulding..generally applied to Doric columns. 1858 Skyring's Builders' Prices (ed. 48) 30, 1½ inch deal ovolo sashes. 1875 Knight Dict. Mech., Ovolo-plane, a joiner's plane for working ovolo mouldings on sash, or elsewhere. |