Advertisement

Advertisement

ogee arch

noun

, Architecture.
  1. an arch, each haunch of which is an ogee with the concave side uppermost.


ogee arch

noun

  1. architect a pointed arch having an S-shaped curve on both sides Sometimes shortened toogee Also calledkeel arch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Word History and Origins

Origin of ogee arch1

First recorded in 1810–20
Discover More

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.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement


ogeeOgeechee