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Definition of Broken arch
1. Noun. An arch with a gap at the apex; the gap is usually filled with some decoration.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Broken Arch
Literary usage of Broken arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1922)
"broken arch. (See Arch). Brushing. Finishing the edge, heel, or bottom with a
polishing brush. Buckram. Canvas stiffened with glue and used as a toe box or ..."
2. Rational Building by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1895)
"The Gothic builders had not discovered the broken arch; it existed, as we have seen
... But the Gothic architects applied the broken arch to a system of ..."
3. Rational Building by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1894)
"The Gothic builders had not discovered the broken arch; it existed, as we have seen
... But thu Gothic architects applied the broken arch to a system of ..."
4. A Budget of Letters, Or, Things which I Saw Abroad by Jane Anthony Eames (1847)
"We walked among the monuments of past glory, now resting beneath some broken
arch, now climbing some half ruined staircase, and admiring the effect of the ..."
5. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1901)
"Somewhere between the years 1710 and 1730 the flat top was superseded by the
swan-neck or broken-arch cornice. This does not mean that after this time no ..."
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