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flying arches

flying arches is the plural of flying arch.

Meaning of flying arch

Noun

flying arch (plural flying arches)

  1. A form of arch that does not carry any vertical load, but is provided solely to supply outward horizontal forces, to resist an inwards compression. They are used across cuttings, to avoid them collapsing inwards.
    • Masonry flying arches strutting the retaining walls in Chorley cutting, Manchester-Blackpool line, L.M.S.R.1939 November, “Pertinent Paragraphs”, in Railway Magazine, page 358, photo caption

Questions about flying arches

What is flying arches the plural of?
Flying arches is the plural of flying arch.

Words near flying arches in the dictionary

  1. flying a kite
  2. flying ace
  3. flying aces
  4. flying apart
  5. flying arch
  6. flying arches
  7. flying armies
  8. flying army
  9. flying at
  10. flying baker
  11. Flying Banana

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