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Definition of Surbased
1. a. Having a surbase, or molding above the base.
Definition of Surbased
1. Adjective. (context: of an arch) having its height less than half of its span ¹
2. Adjective. having a surbase ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Surbased
1. surbase [adj] - See also: surbase
Lexicographical Neighbors of Surbased
Literary usage of Surbased
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Depressed; flattened—surbased arch, an arch the base. ... The condition of being
surbased: + -ment. ..."
2. Carpentry and Building (1908)
"When the bight of a dome is greater than the radius of Its base it Is said to be
surmounted; when less, surbased. When there is an aperture at the pole of n ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, and Practical by Joseph Gwilt (1842)
"For the purpose of arriving at just conclusions relative to surbased arches,
three models were made of the same thicknesses and diameters, with a rise of 35 ..."
4. Cyclopedia of Architecture: Historical, Descriptive, Typographical by Robert Stuart (1854)
"... dome is greater than the base of the elliptic directing section, the dome is
said to be uniform and surmounted; when less, it is uniform and surbased. ..."
5. A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms by Orby Shipley (1872)
"Straight Arch. Arch surbased. v. Arch Surmounted. Arch Surmounted. Every arch,
of whatever form, is said to be surmounted if the height of its ..."
6. The Architectural History of the Conventual and Parochial Church of St by Francis Charles Hingeston, Frances Charles Hingeston-Randolph (1902)
"columns, each connected with a half-pillar opposite to it on the [south] wall by
a low surbased arch." Of course, this construction amounted, practically, ..."
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