HyperDic: skeen_arch

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

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