Definition & Meaning | English word COVING
COVING
Definitions of COVING
- A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.
- The vertical sides connecting the jambs with the breast of a fireplace.
- (urban studies) A method of urban planning used in subdivision and redevelopment of cities characterized by non-uniform lot shapes.
Number of letters
6
Is palindrome
No
Examples of Using COVING in a Sentence
- Panels may be raised by a number of methods - the two most common in modern cabinetry are by coving on the tablesaw or the use of a panel raising cutter in a wood router or spindle moulder.
- As is typical of Cheshire's timber-framed buildings the overhanging jetties are hidden by coving, which has a recurring quatrefoil decoration.
- Coving has been cited as having several disadvantages: greater set-back from the street, larger lots, reduced usability for mixed application, decreased walkability, decreased street and pedestrian connectivity of a tract to its surroundings, increased suburban sprawl, leaving little or no public open space, and allowing more soil runoff and less communal open space than alternate development types such as new urbanism.
- It has an elaborate ceiling, with three panels, deep coving, and a cornice, along with two Ionic chimneypieces, and Palladian doorcases.
- The door is framed by an asymmetrical stone coving in the shape of the architectonic adornment called alfiz, above which was supposedly the coat of arms of the owners of the castle.
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