flat arch

American  

noun

Architecture.

1. an arch having a more or less flat intrados and extrados with voussoirs radiating from a center below the arch.

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Etymology

Origin of flat arch

First recorded in 1705–15

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flat arch

An old man with a lined rectangular face and a scar across the flat arch of his nose, he was the leader of the larboard watch and Reed’s right-hand man.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

Their edges constitute the cliff; the flat arch which they form with their backs is covered with pine forests and meadows, extending 145 for three or four leagues in the direction of Sixt.

From Modern Painters, Volume IV (of V) by Ruskin, John

Over the windows the bricks, of special shapes, were arranged as in a flat arch, with a keystone that jutted slightly.

From Helen with the High Hand (2nd ed.) by Bennett, Arnold

Each of the main ribs of the flat arch consists of three pieces, and at each junction they are secured by a grated plate, which connects all the parallel ribs together into one frame.

From The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain by Smiles, Samuel

Such a cast-iron damper also forms a support for the flat arch of brick over the opening if bricks are used.

From Making a Fireplace by Saylor, Henry H. (Henry Hodgman)