'Coving' definitions:

Definition of 'Coving'

From: GCIDE
  • Cove \Cove\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coving.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove. [1913 Webster]
  • The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. --H. Swinburne. [1913 Webster]
  • Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove.
  • Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Coving'

From: GCIDE
  • Coving \Cov"ing\, n. (Arch.) (a) A cove or series of coves, as the concaved surface under the overhang of a projecting upper story. (b) The splayed jambs of a flaring fireplace. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]