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.
The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs.
H. Swinburne.
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.