Tudor arch

noun

1. a four-centered arch, the inner pair of curves having a radius much greater than that of the outer pair.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Tudor arch¹

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

So are three lovely windows, framed by Tudor arches, that overlook 42nd Street through sinuous tracery.

From New York Times

The entrance to both these vaults is by a depressed Tudor arch, with plain spandrils, six feet high, the thickness of the walls about four feet.

From Project Gutenberg

In early buildings of this period the drop arch is very prevalent, but as the period advanced a form known as the Tudor arch began to be used.

From Project Gutenberg

There have been some who trace out a Tudor arch and one or two Gothic windows as having been filled up with more modern mason-work: but that may be fancy.

From Project Gutenberg

The strength and solidity of the walls, which had not been, as elsewhere, masked with brickwork; the low, Tudor arches; the mullioned bars of the windows—all attested its age.

From Project Gutenberg