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ogee arch
noun
- an arch, each haunch of which is an ogee with the concave side uppermost.
ogee arch
noun
- architect a pointed arch having an S-shaped curve on both sides Sometimes shortened toogee Also calledkeel arch
Word History and Origins
Origin of ogee arch1
Example Sentences
The canopies, which bow forward, have trefoil ogee arches, surmounted with crockets and finials.
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.
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.
Each of these terminates in an ogee arch enriched with scrolls and a central shield.
The side sections of the screen terminate in ogee arches, elaborately cusped and crocketed, with perpendicular tracery in the spandrils.
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