HyperDic: skene_arch

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

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