ogee

American  

[oh-jee, oh-jee] / oʊˈdʒi, ˈoʊ dʒi /

noun

1. a double curve, resembling the letter S, formed by the union of a concave and a convex line.

2. Also called gula.  Architecture. a molding with such a curve for a profile; cyma. O.G., o.g.

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ogee British  

/ ˈəʊdʒiː /

noun

1. Also called: talon.  a moulding having a cross section in the form of a letter S

2. short for ogee arch

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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

Example Sentences

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

The door is double with a triple shaft in the middle; the two openings have very flat trefoil heads with a small ogee curve to the central leaf.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

These are triangular, while the upper windows in the towers have ogee canopies.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various

The doorway is surmounted by a rich ogee crocketted canopy with finial, and is panelled above.

From The Strife of the Roses and Days of the Tudors in the West by Rogers, William Henry Hamilton

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