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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An arch that is narrow and pointed like the head of a spear.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An arch of which the head is acutely pointed, like the blade of a lancet, and having curves formed by radii centering outside of the arch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture A
sharp pointedarch used indoors andwindows , etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th Century.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an acutely pointed Gothic arch, like a lance
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