Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Depressed; flattened.
- In architecture, having a surbase, or molding above the base.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Having a surbase, or molding above the base.
- adjective Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective having its
height less than half of itsspan - adjective having a
surbase
Etymologies
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Examples
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The uncouth, surbased arches of M. de Brosse, the clumsy architect of the great door of Saint-Gervaisso much for art; and as regards history, we have the gossipy memoirs of the Great Pillar, which still resounds with the old wives tales of such men as Patru.
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Along the surbased roads rise the great sonorous pines, and through them wanders the æolian complaint of the sea-winds.
Saint Augustin Louis Bertrand 1903
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We entered under a surbased vault, in the middle of which hung an iron lamp.
Mauprat George Sand 1840
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Against the wall, on the south side of this quadrangle, is a wide surbased arch, apparently of Henry the Seventh's time, which has evidently contained the lavatory.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2) John Roby 1821
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