ogee
Americannoun
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a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.
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Also called gula. Architecture. a molding with such a curve for a profile; cyma. O.G., o.g.
noun
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Also called: talon. a moulding having a cross section in the form of a letter S
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short for ogee arch
Etymology
Origin of ogee
1275–1325; Middle English ogeus, oggez (plural), variant (by assimilation of f ) of oggifs, presumed singular oggif diagonal rib of a vault < Anglo-French, Old French ogive ogive
Vocabulary lists containing ogee
Example Sentences
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Although dating from the 17th century, Vauban’s military structure has an ogee barrel vault curiously evocative of Cistercian constructions like the chapel in the abbey at Le Thoronet in Provence.
From New York Times • May 28, 2010
Embedded in this color is a profusion of shapes: balls and balusters, cubes, boxes, spikes, seamed and weathered palings, fragments of ogee and cavetto molding, the fossils of the Age of Wood.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the 16th century in England variety was given to the outline of the gable by a series of alternating semi-circular and ogee curves.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Above, the crocketed drip-mould is carried up in an ogee leaving room for the coronation of the Virgin over the apex of the arch.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
It has a flat ogee head with round projections which give it a roughly trefoil shape, and is framed in rope mouldings of great size, which end above in three curious finials.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
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