Coving

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. See cove1.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A concave surface, often of gypsum or expanded polystyrene, forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story.
  • n. The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In building, an arch or arched projecture, as when a house is built so as to project over the ground-plot, and the turned projecture is arched with timber, lathed, and plastered.
    • Word Usage
    "Paterno was fired for coving up a sexual abuse scandal involving one of his assistant coaches, Jerry Sandusky."
    Cross Reference
    covings of a fireplace   
    Verb Stem
    cove   
     
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