'Pointed arch' definitions:
Definition of 'pointed arch'
From: WordNet
noun
An arch with a pointed apex; characteristic of Gothic architecture
Definition of 'Pointed arch'
From: GCIDE
- Pointed \Point"ed\, a.
- 1. Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. [1913 Webster]
- His moral pleases, not his pointed wit. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
- Pointed arch (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown.
- Pointed style (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; -- more commonly called Gothic. [1913 Webster] -- {Point"ed*ly}, adv. -- {Point"ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]