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

In a moment he traversed the windings of the corridor, and halted under a flat arch at one side of the temple nave.

From Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930 by Various

In the spandrils of the flat arch of its canopy are armorial shields.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum by White, Gleeson

If the damper is not built in, it is necessary to use an iron supporting bar to carry this flat arch.

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

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