egg and dart

noun Architecture.

a design for enriching an ovolo or echinus, consisting of a closely set, alternating series of oval and pointed forms.

Origin of egg and dart

First recorded in 1870–75

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Examples from the Web for egg and dart

The neckings are worked with the capitals, and enriched by 'egg-and-dart' pointing upwards.
Byzantine Churches in Constantinople|Alexander Van Millingen
It is quite possible that the egg-and-dart pattern may have had a multiple origin.
Evolution in Art|Alfred C. Haddon
An egg-and-dart molding extended all around the casing, where the inner door had once hung.
The Mayor's Wife|Anna Katherine Green
Many ornamental motives, like the zigzag and the egg-and-dart, for example, had originally a symbolic value.
The Gate of Appreciation|Carleton Noyes

It is a pattern, like the egg-and-dart ornament or the Greek key.
Alarms and Discursions|G. K. Chesterton

British Dictionary definitions for egg and dart

egg and dart

egg and tongue or egg and anchor

noun (in architecture and cabinetwork)

an ornamental moulding in which a half egg shape alternates with a dart, tongue, or anchor shape
(as modifier)egg-and-dart moulding

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egg and dart

noun Architecture.

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egg and dart

egg and tongue or egg and anchor

noun (in architecture and cabinetwork)