| 单词 | relieving arch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrelieving arch relieving arch n. Architecture and Building a solid arch built into a wall to reduce the weight acting on the structure below (often a lintel). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > relieving arch discharging arch1688 counter-arch1726 relieving arch1845 arch of construction1849 1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 130 Relieving Arch; an arch formed in the substance of a wall, to relieve the part which is below it from the superincumbent weight. 1883 C. R. Conder & H. H. Kitchener Survey W. Palestine III. 133 The door of the crypt has a lintel, with a relieving arch above. 1931 Times 16 Jan. 8/3 The relieving arches over all these entrances are pointed. 1990 A. J. Youngson Urban Devel. & Royal Fine Art Comm. i. 22 Its severity is relieved by simple low relief decoration in terracotta, and two porticos with relieving arches. < as lemmas |
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