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Three-quarter round tower: A cylindrical flanking tower projecting only three quarters of the way from the body of a castle. The rear of the flanking tower was either circular or straight. See 'D' shaped flanker, flanking tower.

 


ovolo, quarter round, thumb - a convex molding having a cross section in the form of a quarter of a circle or of an ellipse ...

The wooden strip (usually quarter round) along the bottom face of the baseboard at the floor level.
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Finish trim where the floor and walls meet.

Ovolo - Convex molding also called quarter round
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Palladin Window - One with an arched center section flanked by lower flat-topped sections ...

Base Shoe - The wooden strip (usually quarter round) along the bottom face of the baseboard at the floor level.

Ovolo moulding - A convex moulding, usually a quarter of a circle and sometimes called a quarter round. It is often ornamented with egg and dart or other similar patterns.
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A convex moulding, among woodworkers it is referred to as a "quarter round."
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Pedestal ...

An indented corner on case and tabletops or other panels, created by the intersection of two carved quarter round corners.
Cyma curve:
A double curve in a simplified "s" form.

Ovolo
- a convex moulding profile forming a quarter of a circle, sometimes called a quarter round.

the echinus becomes flatter in the later examples, and in the Colosseum at Rome forms a quarter round.

See also: Quarter, Architecture, Capital, Floor, Roman

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