ogee

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

OGEE', noun 1. In architecture, a molding consisting of two members, the one concave, the other convex, or of a round and a hollow somewhat like an S. 2. In gunnery, an ornamental molding in the shape of an S, used on guns, mortars and howitzers.
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