coving

From cove +‎ -ing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkəʊvɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -əʊvɪŋ

coving (plural covings)

1. A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.
   • 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN:

     The gilt lantern burned palely in the stairwell, but in the dining room the ordinary shadows deepened in the corners and hung like smoke in the coving of the ceiling.

3. The vertical sides connecting the jambs with the breast of a fireplace.
4. (urban studies) A method of urban planning used in subdivision and redevelopment of cities characterized by non-uniform lot shapes.

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