"Perpendicular" meaning in English

See Perpendicular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more Perpendicular [comparative], most Perpendicular [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} Perpendicular (comparative more Perpendicular, superlative most Perpendicular)
  1. (architecture) Of a style of English Gothic architecture from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, marked by stiff and rectilinear lines, mostly vertical window-tracery, depressed or four-centre arch, fan-tracery vaulting, and panelled walls. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-Perpendicular-en-adj-aEbTswfI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: architecture

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