ˈressant Arch.
Also 5 res(s)aunt.
[Of doubtful origin; adopted in 19th cent. from quot. 1478.]
An ogee moulding.
| 1478 Botoner Itin. (Nasmith, 1778) 220 A felet. A double ressaunt. A boutel. Ibid. 269 A resaunt lorymer. 1844 Willis Archit. Nomen. 42 note, The ogee or ressant-shaped arch. 1860 Handbk. Ludlow (1865) 17 A moulding peculiar to the East of England, the double ogee or double resaunt. |