HyperDic: flat_arch

English > 1 sense of the expression flat arch:
NOUNartifactflat arch, straight archan arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
English > flat arch: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados.
Synonymstraight arch
Broaderarch(architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

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