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Meanings of dog-tooth moulding in English
Architectural molding with a series of starlike, raised pyramidal forms.
Synonyms
Examples for "dog-tooth"
Examples for "dog-tooth"
1
In the north transept the moulding between the clerestory and triforium is dog-tooth.
2
The eastern moulding of the main arches on the eastern side is dog-tooth.
3
The arcading above the door is wholly Purbeck, with dog-tooth mouldings of stone.
4
On each side of the larger shaft is a dog-tooth moulding.
5
The dark-spotted leaves of the dog-tooth violet begin to show.
1
Vegetation was rank, and the dogtooth violet, honeysuckle, blue-bell, and columbine were in blossom.
2
A single wooden spire rose from the Norman church, a dogtooth pattern of lead tiles catching the light.
3
One may see that angular dogtooth ornament that makes the round Norman gateways look like the gaping mouths of sharks.
4
The crystals are about an inch high in the shape of dogtooth or calcareous spar, covered with a dark ferruginous matter.
5
Another form of calcite which is to be sparingly found is what is called dogtooth spar, having the form shown in Fig.
Usage of dog-tooth moulding in English
1
On each side of the larger shaft is a dog-tooth moulding.
2
There are two rows of dog-tooth moulding round the windows in the aisles of the north transept, but only one in the south.
3
The arcading above the door is wholly Purbeck, with dog-tooth mouldings of stone.
4
The shafts of the central windows are Purbeck with alternate dog-tooth mouldings, and there are Purbeck shafts at the side of the rose window.