octangular
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Origin of octangular
1635–45; < Late Latin octangul ( us ) ( see octangle) + -ar 1
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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
At Durham is one of octangular plan, which bears a statue of Neptune.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
The building is low and unpretending, having an octangular tower, up the staircase of which you mount to the library.
From A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Three by Thomas Frognall Dibdin
They are either square or octangular in plan, arcaded or pierced with windows, and roofed with gables or with spires rising out of the gables.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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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