LANCET ARCH Definition & Meaning

lancet arch

noun

Architecture.

an arch having a head that is acutely pointed.

lancet arch

noun

a narrow acutely pointed arch having two centres of equal radii Sometimes shortened tolancet Also calledacute archGothic archpointed archogive

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of lancet arch¹

First recorded in 1815–25

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Octangular buttresses support the angles, which are ornamented with blank lancet arches.

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This interlacing is supposed by many authorities to have been the origin of the "pointed lancet arch."

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The front of this platform has slender piers, supported by lancet arches, with trefoils and quatrefoils between, giving a graceful effect, and painted white, gold, and grey, with a background chocolate in colour.

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Flanking this great window on either side are two open lancet arches, while above is the "Gallery of Kings" before mentioned.

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Arrived at the head of the steps we gained an embattled balcony, giving access, by means of a lancet arch, into the keep.

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