ogee

(ōjē′, ō jē)

noun

  1. a molding having an -shaped curve in profile
  2. any -shaped curve or line
  3. an ogee arch

Origin: ME (pl.) oggez < OFr ogive, ogive

See ogee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Architecture
  1. A double curve with the shape of an elongated S.
  2. A molding having the profile of an S-shaped curve.
  3. An arch formed by two S-shaped curves meeting at a point. Also called ogee arch.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English oggifs, ogeus

Origin: , pl. of ogif, ogive; see ogive

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