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Definition of Roman arch
1. Noun. A round arch drawn from a single center.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman Arch
Literary usage of Roman arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Our Old Home: Annotated with Passagesfrom the Author's Note-books by Nathaniel Hawthorne (1891)
"It led us to a Roman arch, which was once the gateway of a fortification, and
has been striding across the English street ever since the latter was a faint ..."
2. The Popular History of England: An Illustrated History of Society and by Charles Knight (1856)
"... or from Bristol to Lincoln,—up Restoration of the Roman arch forming Newport
Gate, Lincoln. and down through the five provinces wherever there was a ..."
3. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1905)
"... through a happy chance, discovered in a summer outing. JOHN P. PETERS. ST.
MICHAEL'S CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY. REMAINS OF Roman arch AT BEIT ..."
4. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1905)
"... through a happy chance, discovered in a summer outing. JOHN P. PETERS. ST.
MICHAEL'S CHURCH, NEW YORK CITY. REMAINS OF Roman arch AT BEIT ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"Mr. Brock had told them that Dr. Stuke- ley had come to Chester a hundred and
fifty years ago, and had seen the old Roman arch of the Eastgate, ..."
6. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"The Roman arch.—The Romans developed the semicircular arch to a high degree of
excellence, and used it most extensively in many sewers, roads, and aqueducts ..."
7. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"The Roman arch.—The Romans developed the semicircular arch to a high degree of
excellence, and used it most extensively in many sewers, roads, and aqueducts ..."
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