coving

See also: co-ving

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coving (plural covings)

A concave surface forming a junction between a ceiling and a wall.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →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.
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.