ogee arch

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. an arch, each haunch of which is an ogee with the concave side uppermost.

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ogee arch British  

noun

1. Also called: keel arch.  Sometimes shortened to: ogee.  architect a pointed arch having an S-shaped curve on both sides

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Etymology

Origin of ogee arch

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

On the left, as we go towards the Minster, one of the shops has a depressed ogee arch of oak, and great curved brackets across the passage leading to the back.

From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon

Each of these terminates in an ogee arch enriched with scrolls and a central shield.

From The Care of Books by Clark, John Willis

These lights are coupled in pairs by four arches with a quatrefoil in the head of each, and again formed in groups of four by an ogee arch above the other arches.

From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)

The form of the arch is in many instances changed, and the graceful ogee arch is introduced.

From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

It is octagonal in plan, and has in each side a window with an ogee arch above.

From Yorkshire by Home, Gordon