round arch

noun

1. an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of round arch¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

I have seen the sky which they represent on their graves by a round arch, as frequently of one colour as the other.

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The westernmost bay shows in the triforium stage a round arch comprising four pointed arches.

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The head of the door-opening is very peculiar, having a round arch on either side of this central pendant.

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The triforium opens to the nave with a round arch, subdivided with two arches, carried on a detached shaft.

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For a time, too, the round arch continued in use, and the earliest vault ribs were semicircular.

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