trefoil arch
Americannoun
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Across these five upright divisions and in a straight line is thrown a great flattened trefoil arch joined to the back with Gothic vaulting.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
This large twin bay with a trefoil arch replaced in 1860 a rectangular opening, that replaced itself a small Romanesque bay in 1790.
From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Marie Lebert
A "trefoil arch" connects the 113six chief pillars, on each of which stands a statue of a Virtue.
From Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition by Edward Hutton
The arch over it is a moulded trefoil arch, surmounted by a plain canopy of very simple and formal design.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire by H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph) Massé
The large semi-circular bay with a trefoil arch was pierced in 1895, when the tower was rebuilt.
From Romanesque Art in Southern Manche: Album by Marie Lebert
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