ogive
ogival
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a word derived from
ogive.
Example Sentences
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Down the hall is his most recent addition to the space: a new door with a Gothic ogival arch and a small barred window that opens into the bedroom.
From New York Times ● Oct. 10, 2019
Knowing tourists come from all over California to see its huge ogival fresco of Prometheus by the one armed Mexican Muralist Jaan Clemente Orozco.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their joined profiles make an ogival arch, with one split eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
When Artist Orozco returned to New York he left behind a huge ogival Michel-angelican fresco, 25 x 35 ft. representing a giant Prometheus bearing the fire of truth, in pulsating Mexican color.
From Time Magazine Archive
Three rows of pure, ogival arches, delicate, and attenuated, break the square sides of the towers above the entrance portals; blind arches, spires and statues ornament the angles.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
