octangular
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Etymology
Origin of octangular
1635–45; < Late Latin octangul ( us ) ( see octangle) + -ar 1
Vocabulary lists containing octangular
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It is of an octangular shape, and the outside is adorned by tracery work.
From Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell
Eight crocketed pinnacles are added to the spire, which is octangular, and has a row of crockets at each angle.
From Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 2 by Dawson Turner
These minarets are much less substantial than those of Morocco, being octangular, with protruding stone balconies in something of the Florentine style, reached by winding stairs.
From Life in Morocco and Glimpses Beyond by Budgett Meakin
At the eastern end is a fine Early English arched entrance, in fair preservation; and in the south-eastern angle is an octangular recess, which formerly was ceiled by an elegantly groined roof, height thirteen feet.
From Old and New London Volume I by Walter Thornbury
Its form is octangular, having a strong butment at each angle, surmounted with pinnacles.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831 by Various
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