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
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 Walter Crum Watson
Bishop Drokensford's tomb, at the entrance to the south-east transept, is of unusual design, the ogee heads of its panels being through-cut from side to side.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Percy Dearmer
These eight-sided bases interpenetrate with the mouldings of a lower round base, and all stand on a large splayed octagon, formed from a square by curious ogee curves at the corners.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
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