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Definition of Keel arch
1. Noun. A pointed arch having an S-shape on both sides.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Keel Arch
Literary usage of Keel arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Architecture as a Branch of Aesthetic, Psychologically Treated by Denton Jaques Snider (1905)
"The pointed Arch was a favorite chiefly in Egypt and Sicily; the keel Arch had
its home in the far East, especially in Persia; the horseshoe Arch had a ..."
2. The Story of the Art of Building by Percy Leslie Waterhouse (1901)
"... the curves near the apex bent slightly upwards, giving to the arch an outline
like the keel of a vessel; this form is sometimes called the keel arch. ..."
3. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"... and the 'keel' arch. These [with the exception of the scolloped and clover-leaf
arches) were accompanied by corresponding forms of domes. 2. ..."
4. Egypt: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1902)
"... and the 'keel' arch. These (with the exception of the scolloped and clover-leaf
arches) were accompanied by corresponding forms of domes. 2. ..."
5. Antique Furniture by Frederick William Burgess (1915)
"In Persia and India the keel arch prevails, differing from the pointed arch in
that the ends of the curves at the apex are bent slightly upwards. ..."
6. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"... of half pediments with scroll or volute outlines flanking a higher central
member surmounted with a member in the shape of a truncated keel arch. ..."
7. A Handbook of Architectural Styles by Albert Rosengarten (1898)
"... are generally broad with a swelling line and terminal point, not unlike the
shape of the keel of a vessel, and therefore called the keel- arch (see Fig. ..."
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