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CAVETTO (Ital. diminutive of
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cave, hollow)  , in
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architecture, the
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term given to a hollow
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concave moulding sometimes employed in the
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place of the cymatium of a
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cornice, as in that of the Doric
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order of the
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theatre of
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Marcellus . It forms the crowning feature of the,
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Egyptian temples, and took the place of the cymatium in many of the
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Etruscan temples .

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