Cove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved 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.