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

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 Henry H. (Henry Hodgman) Saylor

The Greeks also borrowed the column and flat arch from the Egyptians, but changed it to a more slender, graceful form.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 598, June 18, 1887 by Various

An approach internally has been exposed on one side, and exhibits a wide, flat arch of common masonry, springing from the top of two side walls, the whole well-constructed.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Mary Frances Cusack

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