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The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.
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the moulding around an arch.
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A moulding carried around an arch
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One of several parallel curved, and often decorated, mouldings on the inside of an arched opening; a curved architrave.
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An archivolt is a group of mouldings (or other elements) surrounding an arched opening, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a rectangular opening. Apart from the decoration, the word sometimes refers to the under-side or inner curve of the arch itself (more properly, the intrados).
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