ogee arch
an arch, each haunch of which is an ogee with the concave side uppermost.
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How to use ogee arch in a sentence
Most of these conventional patterns are founded on the ogee-arch and a kind of honeycomb pattern, involved and inverted.
Needlework As Art | Marian AlfordBoth ogee arch and straight-sided pediment are filled with perforated tracery.
Wood Carvings in English Churches | Francis BondAt the back of each stall is an ogee arch, and in front a bowing ogee arch; there is some lack of contrast.
Wood Carvings in English Churches | Francis BondEach of these terminates in an ogee arch enriched with scrolls and a central shield.
The Care of Books | John Willis ClarkThe form of the arch is in many instances changed, and the graceful ogee arch is introduced.
English Villages | P. H. Ditchfield
British Dictionary definitions for ogee arch
architect a pointed arch having an S-shaped curve on both sides: Sometimes shortened to: ogee Also called: keel arch
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