arris

[ ar-is ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. a sharp ridge, as between adjoining channels of a Doric column.
2. the line, ridge, or hip formed by the meeting of two surfaces at an exterior angle.

arris

/ ˈærɪs /

noun

1. a sharp edge at the meeting of two surfaces at an angle with one another, as at two adjacent sides of a stone block

Word History and Origins

Origin of arris¹

1670–80; < Middle French areste; arête

Word History and Origins

Origin of arris¹

C17: apparently from Old French areste beard of grain, sharp ridge; see arête

Example Sentences

A curved furrow, immediately adjoining its repetition, and separated from it only by an arris, as in the Doric column.

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It differs from a bevel in that a bevel inclines all the way to the next arris, while a chamfer makes a new arris, Fig. 271.

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Old 'Arris is either dead and buried, or gorn away, or somethin'.

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She would come to the front of the stage and say confidentially to the audience, "Do you know Lizzie 'Arris?"

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Even then the lower arris (corner) is likely to be splintered off.

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