octangular
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- octangularness noun
Etymology
Origin of octangular
1635–45; < Late Latin octangul ( us ) ( see octangle) + -ar 1
Vocabulary lists containing octangular
Example Sentences
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It consisted of three octangular compartments, each supported by eight slender columns.
From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter
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 Meakin, Budgett
Here they used to swing the bells, and the place was called the lantern or louvre; thence the octangular spire arose easily and naturally.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
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 Thornbury, Walter
The construction of this cupola is remarkable in these particulars—that it is octangular, that it is double, and built entirely on the walls, unsupported by piers, and that there are no apparent counterforts.
From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 3 of 3) by Spooner, Shearjashub
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