The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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         The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are
         rounded into domes and coved roofs.      --H.
                                                  Swinburne.
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   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.
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