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ogee arch

noun

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


ogee arch

noun

  1. architect a pointed arch having an S-shaped curve on both sides Sometimes shortened toogee Also calledkeel arch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of ogee arch1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences

Most of these conventional patterns are founded on the ogee-arch and a kind of honeycomb pattern, involved and inverted.

Both ogee arch and straight-sided pediment are filled with perforated tracery.

At the back of each stall is an ogee arch, and in front a bowing ogee arch; there is some lack of contrast.

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

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

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