lancet arch

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.

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lancet arch British  

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: lancet.  Also called: acute arch.   Gothic arch.   pointed arch.   ogive.  a narrow acutely pointed arch having two centres of equal radii

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Etymology

Origin of lancet arch

First recorded in 1815–25

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lancet arch

Arrived at the head of the steps we gained an embattled balcony, giving access, by means of a lancet arch, into the keep.

From Orrain A Romance by Levett-Yeats, S.

The semicircular arch, in fact, bends to the earth, for it has not the point, soaring upwards, of the lancet arch.

From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

A. The lancet arch is seldom seen; the equilateral arch is generally, though not always, used.

From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche

The clustered shaft, and lancet arch, and flowing tracery, reflect the impression which the surrounding scenery had woven into the texture of the Teutonic mind.

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

The vaulting hides a feature which is not found in the transept, namely, a little lancet arch whose apex comes exactly behind the roof-shaft in each bay.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Hallett, Cecil Walter Charles