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Definition of Camber arch
1. Noun. An arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Camber Arch
Literary usage of Camber arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Rudiments of Practical Bricklaying by Adam Hammond (1890)
"... come to the camber arch, which is perhaps one of the most difficult to draw
and cut. To draw this arch, supposing the opening to be 4 feet in the clear, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"A flat arch with slightly concave intrados is called a camber arch. When built
of brick the radiation of the voussoirs is effected in cheap work by the ..."
3. Notes on Building Construction by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1875)
"3. camber arch is a name sometimes applied to the arch just described, or sometimes
to arches with a slightly greater rise, such as 1 inch per foot of span. ..."
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