Roman arch
Americannoun
noun
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Last year, the I.D.A. made headlines, and the cover of Newsweek, after it erected, in Trafalgar Square, a marble replica of a triumphal Roman arch in Palmyra, Syria—another icon destroyed by ISIS.
From The New Yorker • Nov. 20, 2016
You cannot evoke the past by simply taking historical symbols and using them as applique," he maintains."What does it mean to put a Roman arch over someone's house in Connecticut?
From Time Magazine Archive
He was dressed with some distinction; good clothes, when put to the test, survive a change of fortune, as a Roman arch survives the luxury of departed empire.
From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold
Over the entrance gate was a Roman arch bearing the inscription “Pestalozzian Institute” in large gilt letters.
From Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 by Various
The construction of the arched roof is on the plan which engineers know as the cantilever, and not that of the Roman arch.
From The North Pole Its Discovery in 1909 under the auspices of the Peary Arctic Club by Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin)
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