HyperDic: scheme_arch

English > 1 sense of the expression *scheme arch*:
NOUN	artifact	scheme arch, skeen arch, skene arch, diminished arch	an arch whose height is less than half its width

English > *scheme arch*: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	An arch whose height is less than half its width.
Synonyms	skeen arch, skene arch, diminished arch
Broader	arch	(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it