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Lancet
Also called lancet arch, lancet window, lancets
A tall, narrow pointed arch, or a window with such a head: the characteristic window of Early Gothic and of Early English.
See also: Pointed arch
Rules that use the word
How the pointed arches are drawn. Draw a pointed arch from two centres on the springing line. With the centres at the springings, the arch is equilateral; with centres beyond them, a lancet; with centres between them, a drop arch. Late Gothic added arches of four centres and the reversed curve of the ogee.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Arch, Vaults, Romanesque and Gothic.
A feature of Gothic Revival architecture.
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