transverse arch

noun

, Architecture.

1. a supporting arch or rib that runs across a vault from side to side, dividing the bays.

Example Sentences

The transverse arch at the transepts rather takes from the perspective, and might with advantage have been less depressed.

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The crown of each vault section is ten feet higher than the framing arches—wall arch and transverse arch.

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Each individual ring elliptical or oblong, with one transverse arch in the shorter axis, which bisects it into two meshes.

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Each individual ring elliptical or oblong, with one transverse arch in the shorter axis, forming two meshes.

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Each individual ring square or rhomboid, with one transverse arch in the shorter axis, forming two meshes.

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