释义 |
Egg and anchor
(Arch.) | see egg-and-dart in the vocabulary, below; - called also egg and dart, and egg and tongue. See Anchor, n., 5. |
See also: Egg egg and anchor
egg and dart, echinus, egg and anchor, egg and arrow, egg and tongue egg and dart An egg-shaped ornament alternating with a dart-like ornament, used to enrich ovolo and echinus moldings and also on bands. In the egg-and-anchor, egg-and-arrow, and egg-and-tongue moldings, the dartlike ornament is varied in form. |