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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Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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We want some person capable of representing our mayor standing under the Norman arch of the cathedral.”

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“I am not very fond of painting portraits,” he said, “but a mayor is a mayor, and there is something grand in that idea of the Norman arch.”

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