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

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

There are smaller rooms on each side of the broad entrance207 corridor; its wide, flat arch has four fluted columns supporting a heavy pedimental head with elliptical fanlight.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank

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

From a low flat arch at the base of the cliff, about twenty feet in width, the river Aire rushes out, copiously fed by a subterranean source.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter