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n. A decorative molding carried around an arched wall opening.

n. An ornamental molding or band following the curve on the underside of an arch.

n. The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.

n. More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.

n. An ornamental molding or band of moldings on the face of an arch following the contour of the extrados; an arch-molding. Also called architrave.

"The archivolt that sat above the twenty-foot entrance was inlaid with exquisite gold Arabic calligraphy and the monograms of Sultans Mehmed II and Abdul Aziz I."

returned archivolt    interlacing archivolts    archivolt of a bridge   

scribing    canthus    sea-song    volute    sanctums