Relieving arch
An arch incorporated in a wall to relieve superimposed weight. Also called a discharging arch.Renaissance
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relieving arch
An arch which encloses an arch or a window or other opening. It helps relieve some of the weight on the arch of the opening. Compare with blind arch
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relieving arch - An arch embedded into a wall to relieve the section below it. It is often found over a lintel ...
relieving arch - added support over a window or doorway, to bear the weight of the masonry wall above.
reredos - a decorative screen behind the altar, usually highly carved.
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Relieving arch - Arch built up in a wall to relieve thrust on another opening.
Respond - Half-pier bonded into a wall to carry an arch.
Retirata - Improvised fieldwork to counter an imminent breach.
Relieving Arch An additional arch over a lintel.
Render Smooth or rough cast cement or lime based covering to a wall, either internally or externally, sometimes with pebbledash or other textured finish.
relieving arch: an extra arch above an opening in a wall that relieves the load from the lintel or arch that exists directly over the opening.
respond: half-pillar or half-arch attached to a wall to support an arch.
Relieving Arch
In architecture, an arch which is located above a window, arch, or other opening. It helps relieve some of the weight being pressed on the lower arch or opening.
Relieving arch : A supportive arch constructed within a wall to absorb weight upon a passageway or portal below.
Transom : The horizontal division of a window constructed of wood or stone.
Relieving arches: A 13th century development in the masonry of curtain walls, consisting of wide relieving arches which were keyed into the towers on either side.
21. The relieving arch as used in Egypt, in the pyramid of Cheops; and in Saxon architecture, where it was built with Roman bricks or tiles, or con- sisted of two sloping slabs of stone.
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The lintel of the gateway is made of joggled voussoirs above which there is a relieving arch outlined by a continous moulding which also runs along the front of the towers.
Relieving arch - arch built up in a wall to relieve thrust on another opening.
Rere-arch - arch that supports the inner face of a wall above a door or window opening.
Respond - half-pier bonded into a wall to carry an arch.
blind arch: An arch which encloses an opening in a wall which may appear to be a window but which is actually only a shallow indentation in the wall.
Compare with blind arcade, relieving arch.
relieving arch A wide arch that encompasses two or more smaller arches. reredorter A monastic toilet.
 See also: Arch, Architecture, Masonry, Arches, Vault
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