relieving arch

American  

noun

1. discharging arch.

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Etymology

Origin of relieving arch

First recorded in 1840–50

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relieving arch

Or you may use a straight lintel of stone, taking care to build a conspicuous, relieving arch above it of stone or colored brick.

From Homes and How to Make Them by E. C. (Eugene Clarence) Gardner

The square, heavy door was usually contrived below a relieving arch, whose archivolt was richly charged with sculptured and painted ornaments; the twin windows were supported by a pied-droit or on small columns.

From Women of Early Christianity by Alfred Brittain

The relieving arch as used in Egypt, in the pyramid of Cheops; and in Saxon architecture, where it was built with Roman bricks or tiles, or consisted of two sloping slabs of stone.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

The discharging or relieving arch, built above the architrave or lintel to take off the weight of the superstructure.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

Long before this, however, and already in the 2nd century A.D. in Syria, this relieving arch had been moulded and decorated, with the result of emphasizing it as a new architectural feature.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

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