Illustrated Architecture Dictionary

Cusps


The projecting points formed where foils meet in Gothic tracery

Latin: "cusis = a point

Patterns formed by cusps: Trefoil ... Quatrefoil ... Cinquefoil ... Sexfoil ... Multifoil


Examples from Buffalo architecture


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