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Definition of Pier arch
1. Noun. An arch supported on piers.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pier Arch
Literary usage of Pier arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1887)
"... enabled them to undertake buildings on a greatly extended scale. The churches
of Jedburgh and Kelso, as we now find 6M. Pier-arch. ..."
2. Handbook to the Cathedrals of England by Richard John King (1903)
"with the then existing arrangements, was provided with one narrow pier-arch,
opposite to the side-aisle of the nave or choir, and with three other ..."
3. Handbook for Travellers in Yorkshire by John Murray (Firm), Richard John King (1874)
"Each side of each transept, in accordance with the then existing arrangements,
was provided with one narrow pier-arch, opposite to the side-aisle of the ..."
4. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1861)
"... but is greater than half the pier, so as to prove that it is not the base of
a respond, and therefore that another Early English pier arch rested upon ..."
5. A Hand-book for Travellers in Switzerland and the Alps of Savoy and Piedmont by John Murray (Firm) (1852)
"But of the interposed ones, the first has coupled columns for the pier arch, and
a lateral sub-shaft for its sub-arch ; the nest has a single round shaft ..."
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