volute

Example Sentences

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Her basic eyeliner became an ornate volute, a swath of clown makeup, a cat mask.

From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2011

Thus the interior of the peg-box will be found a convenient position from which to build a support that shall reach up underneath the volute or under turn of the scroll.

From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Petherick, Horace

The cone over the straight inside pipe was made with volute flanges on its under side, which gave a rotary motion to the sparks.

From Illustrated Catalogue of Locomotives Baldwin Locomotive Works by Baird, Matthew

These cornices are frequently rolled round in a volute, and sometimes take most extravagant forms.

From The Ascent of the Matterhorn by Whymper, Edward

The throat underneath the volute is very massive, although all the edges are finished off with the utmost delicacy and sharp tooling.

From Antonio Stradivari by Petherick, Horace William