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• abutment arch go
  an arch supported by an abutment
  
• broken arch go
  an arch with a gap at the apex
  
• camber arch go
  an arch with a straight horizontal extrados and a slightly arched intrados
  
• corbel arch go
  (architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet
  
• flat arch, straight arch go
  an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
  
• pier arch go
  an arch supported on piers
  
• pointed arch go
  an arch with a pointed apex
  
• proscenium arch go
  the arch over the opening in the proscenium wall
  
• rampant arch go
  an arch whose support is higher on one side than on the other
  
• round arch go
  an arch formed in a continuous curve
  
• rowlock arch go
  an arch that is formed with more than one concentric row of voussoirs
  
• safety arch go
  an undecorated arch that is included in order to strengthen or support a construction
  
• scoinson arch, sconcheon arch go
  an arch that supports part of the wall
  
• segmental arch go
  a shallow arch
  
• shouldered arch go
  an arch consisting of a horizontal lintel supported at each end by corbels that project into the aperture
  
• skeen arch, skene arch, scheme arch, diminished arch go
  an arch whose height is less than half its width
  
• skew arch go
  an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face
  
• squinch go
  a small arch built across the interior angle of two walls (usually to support a spire)
  
• trimmer arch go
  an arch built between trimmers in a floor (to support the weight of a hearth)
  
• triumphal arch go
  a monumental archway
  
• Tudor arch, four-centered arch go
  a low elliptical or pointed arch