horseshoe arch
noun
: an arch having an intrados that widens above the springing before narrowing to a rounded or pointed crown see arch illustration
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No amount of Google image searching prepares you for that first arresting glimpse, at the Mezquita, of the horseshoe arch picked out in umber and draped in arabesques, a symbol of one culture fertilizing another.
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Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
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“Horseshoe arch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/horseshoe%20arch. Accessed 7 Nov. 2024.
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