round-archedadj.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 66 Then..they come Into a stately, rich, round-arched Room.

1640 J. Gower tr. Ovid Festivalls vi. 131 The round-arch'd roof keeps off all show'rs of rain.

1754 A. C. Ducarel Tour Normandy 36 The windows in the two abby churches above mentioned are as narrow, as are all those I have seen in the round arched churches.

1787 W. Hutchinson Hist. & Antiq. Durham II. 474 At the west end is a gabel, in which there is a round arched window.

1815 T. Rickman in J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art I. 163 A regular and valuable series, from the plain Norman round arched roof, to the elaborate pendanted roof of Henry the VII.'s chapel.

1883 ‘L. Scott’ Renaissance of Art in Italy 15 The early French round-arched buildings have evident signs of an Italian origin.

1908 A. K. Porter Medieval Archit. (1909) II. viii. 222 The great round-arched portal must date from the earliest years of the XII century.

1962 Anatolian Stud. 12 154 The interior consists of a rectangular naos and a round apse which has a round arched niche in the south side of it.

2009 Victorian Mar. 21/3 The top stage of this tower has eight round-arched openings with banded stone and red brick columns in between.

1782 T. Pennant Journey Chester to London 217 Either the date of the rebuilding is wrong, or the Saxon or round-arched mode must have continued longer than is generally allowed.

1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 137 Consistent round-arched architecture took a leap from Etruria to Germany and England.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. vi. 199 Two of the churches representing the perfectest phase of round-arched building in Europe.

1952 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians 11 4/2 Upjohn is more important to eclecticism as the originator of a new kind of round-arched architecture, almost Romanesque, than as a designer of villas.

1995 C. M. Hamilton 19th-cent. Mormon Archit. & City Planning 90 The facade and rear access staircase are in the Romanesque round-arched style.