lancet : Idioms & Phrases


Lancet arch

  • noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
    lancet.
WordNet
  • (Arch.), a pointed arch, of which the width, or span, is narrow compared with the height.
Webster 1913

Lancet architecture

  • a name given to a style of architecture, in which lancet arches are common; peculiar to England and 13th century.
Webster 1913

Lancet fish

  • noun large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
    wolffish; lancetfish.
WordNet
  • . (Zoöl.) (a) A large, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth . (b) The doctor, or surgeon fish.
Webster 1913

lancet window

  • noun a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery
WordNet

lancet-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a lancet
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