cusped

[ kuhspt ]

/ kʌspt /

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adjective

having a cusp or cusps; cusplike.

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Also cus·pate

[kuhs-pit, -peyt], /ˈkʌs pɪt, -peɪt/, cus·pat·ed.

Origin of cusped

First recorded in 1815–25; cusp + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM cusped

un·cusped, adjective

Words nearby cusped

cusk, cusk-eel, CUSO, cusp, cuspate, cusped, cuspid, cuspidal, cuspidate, cuspidation, cuspidor

How to use cusped in a sentence

Use e for your side stones, and you have an arch as that at h below, which may be called a down-cusped arch.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin
One step more: I take a mid-cusped side piece in its block form at t, with the bricks which load the back of it.
The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3)|John Ruskin
On the north wall is a third, and in the south wall a piscina with two-cusped arch and projecting basin.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon|Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
Its columns support round arches that are surmounted in piers by crocketed gables, pierced and cusped.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins

It is formed of double divisions of three pointed and cusped arches, which on the west wall are increased to groups of four each.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins