round arch

noun

1. an arch formed in a continuous curve, especially in a semicircle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of round arch¹

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

With its tall ceiling, round arches, chandeliers and decorated friezes, plus its famed white glazed terra-cotta facade adorned with festoons, cornices and Corinthian keystones, the building certainly has the pomp of a grand museum.

From Seattle Times

It also uses an open form called a spandrel arch, which doesn’t fill in the space between the round arch shape below and roadway above.

From Washington Post

The new building is imposing but not garish: with double-height round arch windows and a shallow roof, it resembles a departmental college library.

From The New Yorker

Neither the Egyptians nor early Greeks appear to have used the arch structurally in their buildings; the Romans, however, had the round arch as a primary structural element.

From Project Gutenberg

The sepulchre is a closed chamber, with another above it open half-way round on the lake side, and a colonnade of very beautiful pillars supports round arches, above which are five exquisitely-carved friezes.

From Project Gutenberg