subarcuatedadj.
/sʌbˈɑːkjʊeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈɑrkjəˌweɪdᵻd/ 1. Zoology. = subarcuate adj. Now rare.
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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > [adjective] > arc-shaped
arcuate1626
arcuated1777
subarcuated1777
subarcuate1806
1777 T. Pennant Brit. Zool. (ed. 4, quarto) IV. vi. 84 Pellucidus..sub-arcuated and sub-oval.
1855 W. Clark Mollusca Testacea 308 The head is a short, broad, compressed rostrum, with a transversely subarcuated, suboval disk.
1872 Trans. Amer. Entomol. Soc. 4 88 Apical margin of terminal segment subarcuated with prominent lateral angles.
1924 I. S. Oldroyd Marine Shells W. Coast N. Amer. II. 138 The ventral margin is subarcuated, and both dorsal lines are decidedly convex.
2. Architecture. Esp. of a window: having or consisting of two or more subordinate arches under a main arch. Cf. sub-arch n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > types of arch
schemed1715
rampant1725
surmounted1728
ox-eyed1736
round-headed1751
full-centred1756
rounded1757
shark-toothed1794
straight1812
spandrelled1813
keyed1822
full centre1837
ogival1841
ogived1845
subarcuated1849
bonnet-headed1850
ogeed1851
uncusped1859
voussoired1875
subordered1898
1849 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. v. 185 The mullions are carried up to the architrave, and the side lights only are sub-arcuated.
1881 J. F. Nicholls & J. Taylor Bristol Past & Present I. xv. 185/2 In the south aisle is a sub-arcuated window of three lights.
1901 T. F. Bumpus Summer Holidays among Glories of Northern France (1905) iv. 53 The groining ribs spring from small shafts which rest on the string-course above the pier arches, these shafts..are not sub-arcuated.
1996 F. Woodman in I. Atherton Norwich Cathedral ix. 185 Within the tracery head, the three groups are subarcuated, the returning arcs helping to support the great overarch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1777