Cavalherium. (See Caballaria.)
Cavallerius or Cavallero, Med. Lat. A knight or cavalier.
Cavea, R. (from cavus, i. e. a hollow place or cavity), (1) A wooden cage with open bars, of wood or, more generally, of iron, used for the transport and exhibition of the wild beasts of a menagerie. (2) A bird-cage. (3) A frame of wicker-work employed by fullers and dyers. (4) A palisade to protect young trees when growing up, and (5) the vast reversed cone formed by the successive stages of a theatre or amphitheatre. This might be divided, according to the size of the building, into one, two, or three distinct tiers, called respectively upper, lower, and middle (summa, ima, media cavea). (6) A warlike machine used in attacking cities.
Cavetto, Arch. (deriv. from Ital. cavo). A concave moulding formed of a segment of a circle.
Cavo-relievo. Intaglio-sculpture cut into the stone, as in Egyptian art.
Ceadas or Cæadas (κεάδας or καιάδας). A deep cave into which the Spartans thrust condemned prisoners.
Ceinture or Ceint. A girdle. (See Cinctus.)
Celadon. A peculiar tinted porcelain, described by Jacquemart as the earliest tint of Chinese pottery.
Celebê (Κελέβη). A vase of ovoid form and with two handles. The lower part is shaped elegantly, like an amphora, but the upper part resembles a pitcher with a sort of projecting lip. Its peculiarity is in the handles, which are “pillared” and “reeded.”
Celes, R. A racing or saddle horse, as opposed to a draught horse. The same term was also applied to a vessel or boat of a peculiar form, propelled by oars, in which each rower handled only a single oar. It was also called celox.