ogee

Synonyms for ogee

noun arched, rounded line or object

noun. arched, rounded line or object

"S-shaped molding," 1670s, from French ogive "diagonal rib of a vault," earlier augive, of unknown origin. Related: ogival.

Small windows have heads shaped in the ogee or trefoil forms.

Second, because the ogee has in it, in a combined form, the outlines of nearly all the other types.

It is capable of use with other moldings, and may be reversed with just as good effect as the ogee.

On this band we can apply the ogee type (Fig. 199) right side up.

But for variation we may decide to use the ogee reversed, as in Fig. 200.

All these windows now have ogee arches, and are of three lights.

Ogee—a moulding formed by the combination of a round and hollow.

We have seen many Swastikas composed of the crossed ogee lines or curves.

The Bits used for the war-horse have long cheeks, which are often of an ogee form.

There is an ogee pediment, and a niche with angels on each side, with censers.