ogee arch

noun

Architecture.

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

ogee arch

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of ogee arch¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

The canopies, which bow forward, have trefoil ogee arches, surmounted with crockets and finials.

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The Aisles of the Choir are entered from the transepts by ogee arches, which have crockets and finials, and are flanked by a pair of pinnacles on either side.

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Two more chapels open from the south aisle through Venetian slightly ogee arches, with saints at the top emergent from leaves, and a cable moulding within and dentils without.

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

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The side sections of the screen terminate in ogee arches, elaborately cusped and crocketed, with perpendicular tracery in the spandrils.

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