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Definition of Trumpet arch
1. Noun. A conical squinch.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trumpet Arch
Literary usage of Trumpet arch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mediaeval Church Vaulting by Clarence Ward (1915)
"Whatever its origin, the squinch in its various forms, simple cross lintel,4
cross arch, trumpet arch, niche head, etc., was employed prior to and during ..."
2. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1891)
"9) is one that does not spring directly from the imposts but is raised, as it
were, upon stilts for some distance above them. A trumpet arch (Fig. ..."
3. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Percy Guillemard Llewellin] [Smith (1891)
"9) is one that does not spring directly from the imposts but is raised, as it
were, upon stilts for some distance above them. A trumpet arch (Fig. ..."
4. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"Such a flaring arch is sometimes called a trumpet arch. At the extreme upper end
of the trumpet arch ..."
5. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"trumpet arch Pendentive. •whose joints are spirals.* The annular vault also
belongs to the simple series. This has its axis curved; its intrados, therefore, ..."
6. The Cleaning and Sewerage of Cities by Reinhard Baumeister, J. M. Goodell (1895)
"42. trumpet arch. In Fig. 38 a water level was assumed higher than that due to
waste water alone ; at this level the streams combine regularly without ..."
7. Young People's Story of Music by Ida Prentice Whitcomb (1908)
"Eighteenth Century 36 SCHOFAR 38 SILVER TRUMPET. Arch of Titus 38 APOLLO AND THE
MUSES (Romano) 42 APOLLO AND DAPHNE (Bernini) 44 ORPHEUS AND EURYDICE ..."
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