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SHOULDERED ARCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shouldered arch mean? 

SHOULDERED ARCH (noun)
  The noun SHOULDERED ARCH has 1 sense:

1. an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the apertureplay

  Familiarity information: SHOULDERED ARCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHOULDERED ARCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shouldered arch" is a kind of...):

arch ((architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it)


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