octangular
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- octangularness noun
Etymology
Origin of octangular
1635–45; < Late Latin octangul ( us ) ( see octangle) + -ar 1
Vocabulary lists containing octangular
Example Sentences
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Here they used to swing the bells, and the place was called the lantern or louvre; thence the octangular spire arose easily and naturally.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
Each separate face of their towers, whether these towers were square or octangular, ended above in a gable; and from these gables, in various ways, arose the octangular pointed roof or spire.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860 by Various
It stands on an octangular pedestal of gray marble, with Gothic panels.
From Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland by Choules, J.O.
They are either square or octangular in plan, arcaded or pierced with windows, and roofed with gables or with spires rising out of the gables.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
Its form is octangular, having a strong butment at each angle, surmounted with pinnacles.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 470, January 8, 1831 by Various
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