round arch

American  

noun

1. an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.

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Etymology

Origin of round arch

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

The new building is imposing but not garish: with double-height round arch windows and a shallow roof, it resembles a departmental college library.

From The New Yorker • May 23, 2015

Neither the Egyptians nor early Greeks appear to have used the arch structurally in their buildings; the Romans, however, had the round arch as a primary structural element.

From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Dresser, Christopher

From the Romans the Surveyor adopted the round arch, with its borrowed Grecian architecture partly cut away; and this, next to the dome, is the most striking feature of the interior.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Dimock, Arthur

In each the king lies under a great round arch, on a high altar-tomb, on whose front, under an egg and tongue moulding a large scroll bearing an inscription is upheld by winged children.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

The round arch of that ancient Norman school which was at one time so generally recognized as Saxon, prevails in the edifice, and marks out its older portions.

From The Cruise of the Betsey or, A Summer Ramble Among the Fossiliferous Deposits of the Hebrides. With Rambles of a Geologist or, Ten Thousand Miles Over the Fossiliferous Deposits of Scotland by Symonds, W. S. (William Samuel)