Roman arch

American  

noun

1. a semicircular arch.

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Roman arch British  

noun

1. another name for Norman arch

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Roman arch

Last year, the I.D.A. made headlines, and the cover of Newsweek, after it erected, in Trafalgar Square, a marble replica of a triumphal Roman arch in Palmyra, Syria—another icon destroyed by ISIS.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2016

You cannot evoke the past by simply taking historical symbols and using them as applique," he maintains."What does it mean to put a Roman arch over someone's house in Connecticut?

From Time Magazine Archive

Near the Jesuit church, half-way down the slope of the hill, is a half-buried Roman arch of the time of Severus, ornamented equally on both sides, perhaps a memorial of one of the ancient gates.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

On a narrow street that runs south from the Roman arch.

From The Saracen: The Holy War by Shea, Robert

The style of architecture was that known as “Norman”—with thick massive walls, having the circular Roman arch over the doors and windows.

From The White Gauntlet by Reid, Mayne