Usage examples "octagon" :
Then we lowered the timbers lengthwise inside the cable , which we could do because the steeple was an octagon with ornamented corners, and these left spaces where the wire rope was stretched around . - "Careers of Danger and Daring", Cleveland Moffett. For answer his lips press hers in a long kiss , and she is taken up in his strong arms and not loosed until the ascent is made and the octagon room reached; there he leads her to a seat , and throws himself on a cushion at her feet . - "A Heart-Song of To-day", Annie Gregg Savigny. The four columns at the crossing which support the octagon are of larger dimensions than those in the nave . - "Cathedral Cities of Italy", William Wiehe Collins.
