pointed arch

pointed arch

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) another name for lancet arch

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Noun

1.

pointed arch - an arch with a pointed apex; characteristic of Gothic architecture arch - (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it drop arch - a blunt pointed arch drawn from two centers within the span Gothic arch - a pointed arch; usually has a joint (instead of a keystone) at the apex keel arch, ogee arch - a pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides trefoil arch - a pointed arch having cusps in the intrados on either side of the apex