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Definition of Shouldered arch
1. Noun. An arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shouldered Arch
Literary usage of Shouldered arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (1891)
"The narrow slit or loophole which still serves as a window is widely splayed into
a shouldered arch in the inside, and could be used by archers and ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... or leaves The simplest are the round-headed trefoil; the pointed trefoil; the
square-headed trefoil: which goes by the name of the shouldered arch. ..."
3. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"... the Round-headed Trefoil (258.17); the Pointed Trefoil (258.18); the Square-headed
Trefoil (258.20); which also goes by the name of the shouldered arch. ..."
4. The Antiquary (1873)
"The entrance to the lower story of the keep is a flat trefoil or shouldered arch,
similar to the one noticed in the gate house ; above the arch is part of ..."
5. Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archeological Society by James Simpson, Richard Saul Ferguson, William Gershom Collingwood (1874)
"Again, some of the openings exhibit examples of what is called the Carnarvon
arch, or shouldered arch, that is, a flat-headed lintel, supported with a ..."
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