- to stilt an arch
- exhausser un arc
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction – materials & technologies, 2nd edition, la Maison du dictionnaire. 2007.
Dictionary of Engineering, architecture and construction – materials & technologies, 2nd edition, la Maison du dictionnaire. 2007.
Stilted arch — Stilted Stilt ed, a. Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. [1913 Webster] {Stilted arch} (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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Stilted — Stilt ed, a. Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation. [1913 Webster] {Stilted arch} (Arch.), an arch in which the springing line is some distance above the impost, the space between being… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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stilted — /stil tid/, adj. 1. stiffly dignified or formal, as speech or literary style; pompous. 2. Archit. (of an arch) resting on imposts treated in part as downward continuations of the arch. See illus. under arch1. [1610 20; STILT + ED3] Syn. 1. wooden … Universalium
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