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
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
It has pointy ogival arches and a long axial hall at the end of which is a painting of a man nailed to a cross.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their joined profiles make an ogival arch, with one split eye.
From Time Magazine Archive
St Leonard’s dates from the 17th century, with the exception of its fine ogival portal and rose-window belonging to the 16th, and its octagonal tower erected in the 18th.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
