ogee

Definition

A double curve in the shape of an elongated S; an object of that shape.

Etymology

From Middle English *ogeve, egeve, egeove, from Old French œgive, ogive, augive, from Late Latin augiva, of uncertain origin; compare Late Latin ogis (“a support, prop”), Latin augeō (“to increase, strengthen”), Italian and Spanish auge (“highest point of power or fortune, apogee”). Doublet of ogive.

Example Sentences

• "At the centre of this façade of one story is a porch of two stories with a tall attic and a gable of ogee outline flanked by finials."
• "There is no pronounced ogee arch anywhere, though there is a suspicion of one where the open trefoils of the gables rest upon the containing arches. The tracery too of all the circles is geometrical, i.e., composed of simple curves; there is no flowing or ogee tracery with compound curves."
• "In front of the leading splasher the frame was given what is called an ogee bend outwards, [...]."