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单词 lancet arch
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lancet arch


noun Architecture.

an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.

Origin of lancet arch

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby lancet arch

lancer, lance rest, lancers, lance sergeant, lancet, lancet arch, lancet clock, lanceted, lancetfish, lancet window, lancewood
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Example sentences from the Web for lancet arch

  • Although the pointed arches used are sometimes equilateral and sometimes drop-arches, the lancet-arch is the most characteristic.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9|Various
  • The term is applied, in architecture, to a form of the pointed arch, and to a window of which the head is a lancet-arch.

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 2|Various

British Dictionary definitions for lancet arch

lancet arch

noun

a narrow acutely pointed arch having two centres of equal radiiSometimes shortened to: lancet Also called: acute arch, Gothic arch, pointed arch, ogive
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
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