noun
a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers
• Syn: ↑three-centered arch
• Hypernyms: ↑round arch
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noun : a low-crowned elliptical arch drawn from three or more centers — see arch illustration
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/bas"kit han'dl, bah"skit-/, Archit.
an arch having a symmetrical form drawn from an odd number of radii in excess of one, which increase in length from the springing toward the center. See illus. under arch.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.