| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| archivolt |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·chi·volt |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är k -v lt |
| NOUN: | A decorative molding carried around an arched wall opening. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian archivolto or French archivolte (French, from Italian) : arco, arch (from Latin arcus) + volta, vault (from Latin vol ta; see vault1).
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