lancet arch
noun Architecture.
an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.
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Origin of lancet arch
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby lancet arch
lancer, lance rest, lancers, lance sergeant, lancet, lancet arch, lancet clock, lanceted, lancetfish, lancet window, lancewood
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Example sentences from the Web for lancet arch
Although the pointed arches used are sometimes equilateral and sometimes drop-arches, the lancet-arch is the most characteristic.
The term is applied, in architecture, to a form of the pointed arch, and to a window of which the head is a lancet-arch.
British Dictionary definitions for lancet arch
lancet arch
noun
a narrow acutely pointed arch having two centres of equal radiiSometimes shortened to: lancet Also called: acute arch, Gothic arch, pointed arch, ogive
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