pointed arch

collocation in English

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pointed
adjective
uk
/ˈpɔɪn.tɪd/us
/ˈpɔɪn.t̬ɪd/
A pointed object has a thin, sharp end or becomes much narrower at ...
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arch
noun[C]
uk
/ɑːtʃ/us
/ɑːrtʃ/
a structure, consisting of a curved top on two supports, that holds the weight of something ...
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(Definition ofpointedandarchfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It features a two-story, gable roof entrance tower with clasping buttresses andpointed-archopenings.
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Pointedarchbrackets support the purlins of the high ceiling; the windows have deep splayed plain surrounds.
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It featurespointedarchwindows and doors, a high spire, the additional pinnacles on the side of the building, and buttresses.
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Its characteristics include thepointedarch, the ribbed vault and the flying buttress.
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The main entrance has double wood doors with wrought iron decorative hinges and apointedarchlimestone surround.
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The left-hand arc of thispointedarchfigure is determined by the clockwise rotation of the radius.
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A similar analysis would determine the centre-point of the right-hand side of thepointedarch.
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It has a west doorway with apointedarch, above which is a window with three ogee-headed lights.
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The 15th-century tower arch comprises two half columns supporting a mouldedpointedarch.
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The north door has a round-headed arch, but the south door was altered in the 14th century, giving it apointedarch.
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A doorway, with a 19th-century two-part wooden door with iron hinges, is recessed into an aedicula with a corbelledpointedarchand a gable above.
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A widepointedarchholds the main entrance.
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The latter consists of a largepointedarchwith corbels on the front edges of its roof.
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The lower 1 storeys of the front aspect are occupied by apointedarch, above which are three narrow windows.
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The tower interior is unrendered, and within it, at the south-west, is apointedarchdoorway with oak door leading to the upper stages.
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Between them is a doorway with apointedarch.
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Those technologies were the ogival orpointedarch, the ribbed vault, and the buttress.
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The other structural advantage is that thepointedarchchannels the weight onto the bearing piers or columns at a steep angle.
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The porch is gabled, and has apointedarchwith carvings in the spandrels.
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