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Definition of Rowlock arch
1. Noun. An arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowlock Arch
Literary usage of Rowlock arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Carpentry and Building (1905)
"For a rowlock arch the springing line is formed by cutting the regular course
brick to a beveled surface at right angles to the curve. ..."
2. Hollow Tile Construction: A Practical Explanation of Modern Methods of by John Joseph Cosgrove (1921)
"Arches of double rowlock hollow brick will be of interest to the practical builder
only where the loads Fio. 102.—Double rowlock arch with Lipped ..."
3. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry and Building: A General Reference Work by American School, (Chicago, Ill.) (1907)
"rowlock arch. Fig. 115. Gauged Arch. span the openings. ... The two principal
forms of arch in brickwork are the rowlock arch, where the bricks arc laid in ..."
4. Carpentry and Contracting: A Practical Reference Work on Carpentry, Building by American Technical Society (1919)
"The two principal forms of arches in brickwork are the rowlock arch, ...
rowlock arch Fig. 117. Caged Arch may be strengthened by bonding in headers, ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The brick piers are completed and have the bond and capstones built in as required.
The cellar window openings have a three-row rowlock arch over each, ..."
6. I.C.S. Reference Library: A Series of Textbooks Prepared for the Students of by International Correspondence Schools (1909)
"It is a three-rowlock arch constructed entirely of common bricks laid as stretchers.
This form of arch, unless bonded back into the rear wall with strap ..."
7. Radford's Cyclopedia of Construction: Carpentry, Building and Architecture by William A. Radford, Alfred Sidney Johnson (1909)
"Back of the stone arch, a rowlock arch is turned over a wood center, and supports
the inner two-thirds of the wall over the opening. ..."
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