arris

[ ar-is ]

/ ˈær ɪs /

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noun Architecture.

a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.

the line, ridge, or hip formed by the meeting of two surfaces at an exterior angle.

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Also called piend.

Origin of arris

1670–80; <Middle French areste;see arête

Words nearby arris

arride, arrière-ban, arrière-garde, arrière-pensée, Ar Rimal, arris, arrish, arrival, arrive, arrive at, arrivederci

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How to use arris in a sentence

A curved furrow, immediately adjoining its repetition, and separated from it only by an arris, as in the Doric column.
History of Ancient Art|Franz von Reber
It differs from a bevel in that a bevel inclines all the way to the next arris, while a chamfer makes a new arris, Fig. 271.
Handwork in Wood|William Noyes
Old 'Arris is either dead and buried, or gorn away, or somethin'.
The Lord of the Sea|M. P. Shiel
She would come to the front of the stage and say confidentially to the audience, "Do you know Lizzie 'Arris?"
With Our Army in Palestine|Antony Bluett

Even then the lower arris (corner) is likely to be splintered off.
Handwork in Wood|William Noyes

British Dictionary definitions for arris

arris

/ (ˈærɪs) /

noun plural -ris or -rises

a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block

Word Origin for arris

C17: apparently from Old French areste beard of grain, sharp ridge; see arête

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