echinus (English, noun)
expansion: echinus (plural echinuses or echini)
Senses:
glosses: A sea urchin.
topics: architecture
glosses: The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
topics: architecture
glosses: The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
topics: architecture
glosses: The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
Forms:
form: echinuses
tags: plural
form: echini
tags: plural