pointed arch

American  

noun

1. an arch having a pointed apex.

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pointed arch British  

noun

1. another name for lancet arch

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Etymology

Origin of pointed arch

First recorded in 1740–50

Example Sentences

But yet I imagine that the application of the term "Gothic" may be found to be quite distinct, in its origin, from the first rise of the Pointed Arch.

From Notes and Queries, Number 04, November 24, 1849 by Various

The invention of the Pointed Arch cannot, surely, be attributed to the Goths; whence then the origin and the meaning of the term Gothic?

From Notes and Queries, Number 04, November 24, 1849 by Various

The Semicircular and the Stilted Semicircular Arch were the only arches in use till the introduction of the Pointed Arch.

From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

The Pointed Arch, if found anywhere in the arches of Decoration, is generally to be seen in the Clere-story, the highest part of the building, and consequently the latest in point of construction.

From The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated by Sharpe, Edmund

In the later buildings of the Period, however, the Pointed Arch is frequently found in some of the smaller arches also.

From The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated by Sharpe, Edmund