Serpentine shape

Serpentine shape

Serpentine refers to the curved shape of an object or design which resembles the letter s, a sine wave or a snake; the latter is the derivation of the term. This shape is often used while riding horses as a riding figure, to help train the animal and help improve the rider.

Thomas Jefferson designed serpentine brick walls for the University of Virginia. [http://agoraphilia.blogspot.com/2006/03/jeffersons-wall-take-two.html] [http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/EEI/MASONRY/17serpdwg.jpg]


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