Tudor arch

American  

noun

1. a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.

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Etymology

Origin of Tudor arch

First recorded in 1805–15

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Tudor arch

The entrance to both these vaults is by a depressed Tudor arch, with plain spandrils, six feet high, the thickness of the walls about four feet.

From Old and New London Volume I by Thornbury, Walter

The most common doorway is the Tudor arch having a square head over it.

From English Villages by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

A four-centred Tudor arch was over the entrance, and over the arch the signboard, now visible in the rays of an opposite lamp.

From The Mayor of Casterbridge by Hardy, Thomas

In early buildings of this period the drop arch is very prevalent, but as the period advanced a form known as the Tudor arch began to be used.

From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney

A. Those commonly called the Ogee, or contrasted arch; and the Tudor arch.

From The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture, Elucidated by Question and Answer, 4th ed. by Bloxam, Matthew Holbeche