Corvetto
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Corvetto is a noun meaning A curvet; a leap.
Meaning
A curvet; a leap.
More Meanings
- An Egyptian style of cornice, resembling the roof structure of a reed hut.
Example Sentences
These all have a crowning corvetto and ovolo.
You must draw the horse in his career with his manage, and turn, doing the corvetto, leaping &c.
House D had Egyptian architectural features and artefacts, such as a stone slab with a corvetto cornice, a royal signet ring (Psamtik I), and mud sealings (Necho II) (Mumford 2007).
The metope is occupied by a circular disk or shield, but in lieu of the regular cornice there is one which resembles the Egyptian cornice, consissting of a deep and high corvetto, and a bold torus below it
Word Forms
- corvettos
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include corvet, curvette, curvet, corvetting, curvetting, curveting.
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