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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Norman arch

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

From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2015

At the east end is a fine Norman arch, blocked until 1841 by a Grecian screen erected in 1717.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

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 lower section, the most considerable of the three, forms a western porch to the church itself, which is entered from it by a Norman arch.

From In the Mayor's Parlour by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

Above is the interesting triforium stretching across the Norman arch opening to the choir-aisle beyond the transept itself.

From Bell’s Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Hereford, A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See by Fisher, A. Hugh (Alfred Hugh)