Arch, Four-centred

Arch, Four-centred
♦ Arch with curves struck from four centres, the two outer (lower) arcs struck from the springing line, the inner (upper) from below the springing line. In later work the upper arcs are represented by straight lines.
(Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 409)

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