egg and dart
egg and dart noun: an ornamental device adorning the fundamental quarter-round, convex ovolo profile of moulding, consisting of alternating details on the face of the ovolo: typically an egg-shaped object alternating with a V-shaped element such as an arrow, anchor, or dart.
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Noun
egg and dart (plural eggs and darts)
- An ornamental device adorning the fundamental quarter-round, convex ovolo profile of moulding, consisting of alternating details on the face of the ovolo: typically an egg-shaped object alternating with a V-shaped element such as an arrow, anchor, or dart.
- There were various armchairs […] beneath a high ceiling with plaster egg and dart cornices, brocaded curtains and a blazing fire of sycamore logs.2019, Niall Williams, This is Happiness, Bloomsbury (2020), page 203
Forms of egg and dart
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Questions about egg and dart
- What does egg and dart mean?
- Egg and dart means an ornamental device adorning the fundamental quarter-round, convex ovolo profile of moulding, consisting of alternating details on the face of the ovolo: typically an egg-shaped object alternating with a V-shaped element such as an arrow, anchor, or dart.
- What part of speech is egg and dart?
- Egg and dart is a noun.
- What is the plural of egg and dart?
- The plural of egg and dart is eggs and darts.
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