Norman arch

British  

noun

1. Also called: Roman arch.  a semicircular arch, esp one in the Romanesque style of architecture developed by the Normans in England

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Example Sentences

Entering under a carved Norman arch, we opened a heavy unlocked door to find the place utterly deserted.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2015

Woodward pointed out traces of a refectory with a Norman arch and window.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham

A Norman arch in the S. transept is thought to be a portion of the original structure.

From Hertfordshire by New, E. H. (Edmund Hort)

A heavy porch shelters the entrance, and above this is a sculptured Norman arch of great antiquity, a Scripture subject being graven upon each stone, that upon the key-block representing the Last Supper.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

The girl took several photographs, and had reached the last film in a roll, when the whim seized her to pose Medenham in front of a Norman arch.

From Cynthia's Chauffeur by Tracy, Louis