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Lancet arch

Lancet \Lan"cet\, n. [F. lancette, dim. of lance lance. See Lance.]

  1. A surgical knife-like instrument of various forms, commonly sharp-pointed and two-edged, used in venesection, and in opening abscesses, etc.

  2. (Metal.) An iron bar used for tapping a melting furnace.
    --Knight.

    Lancet arch (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.

    Lancet architecture, a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; -- peculiar to England and 13th century.

Wiktionary
lancet arch

n. (label en architecture) A sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th Century.

WordNet
lancet arch

n. an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance [syn: lancet]

Usage examples of "lancet arch".

I repassed the sedan, stepped down three rough stone steps and looked at the bell beside a narrow door topped by a lancet arch.

The main entrance was set within a symbol-embellished lancet arch.