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round arch
noun
- an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of round arch1
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Example Sentences
I have seen the sky which they represent on their graves by a round arch, as frequently of one colour as the other.
The westernmost bay shows in the triforium stage a round arch comprising four pointed arches.
The head of the door-opening is very peculiar, having a round arch on either side of this central pendant.
The triforium opens to the nave with a round arch, subdivided with two arches, carried on a detached shaft.
For a time, too, the round arch continued in use, and the earliest vault ribs were semicircular.
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