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horseshoe arch

noun

  1. an arch with the intrados widening above the springing and then narrowing to a rounded crown.


horseshoe arch

noun

  1. an arch formed in the shape of a horseshoe, esp as used in Moorish architecture
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of horseshoe arch1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences

Here we may see one more monument of the Moors, a horseshoe arch, once a part of the Mosque.

Twenty-eight feet above the pavement, over the horseshoe arch, a cabalistic key and a gigantic hand are carved on two stones.

And as on that day so on this, in the alcove under the horseshoe arch sat Ben Aboo and his Spanish wife.

The portal is a horseshoe arch, handsomely ornamented, and above runs a tier of smaller horseshoe arches.

A door with a horseshoe arch and a leather curtain led to the house; the door to the shop was strong and iron-bound.

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