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abutment |
an architectural component that supports an arch, vault, or the like, as of a bridge. [1/2 definitions] |
arch1 |
to form an arch or curve in. [2/5 definitions] |
archway |
the passageway under an arch. [2 definitions] |
camber |
to arch or cause to arch upward slightly. [2/4 definitions] |
corbel |
a bracket projecting from a wall to support an arch or cornice. [1/3 definitions] |
crown |
the highest part of something, such as a head, a mountain, an arch, or a hat. [1/21 definitions] |
extrados |
the outside curve of an arch or a vault. (Cf. intrados.) |
finial |
a decorative element that points upward from the end or top of something, as from an arch, a piece of furniture, or a lampshade. |
firmament |
the entire arch of the sky; heavens. |
flatfoot |
a condition of the foot in which the arch is flattened. |
flying buttress |
a segmental arch that transmits outward and downward pressure from the upper side wall of a building to a solid buttress on the ground. |
Gothic arch |
a pointed arch. |
headroom |
the clear space between the head and a ceiling, arch, or top of a doorway. |
headway2 |
the clear space between the head and a ceiling, arch, or top of a doorway; headroom. |
hunch |
to lift up or arch into a hump. [1/7 definitions] |
intrados |
the inner curve or surface of an arch or archlike structure. |
keystone |
the central, wedge-shaped stone at the top of an arch. [1/2 definitions] |
lagging |
a wooden framework that supports an arch until the keystone is inserted. [1/3 definitions] |
lancet arch |
a narrow sharply pointed arch, used esp. in Gothic windows. |
lancet window |
a tall narrow window terminating in a lancet arch. |
ogive |
a pointed, usu. Gothic arch. [1/3 definitions] |
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