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English: segmental headed

Welsh: pen cylchrannol

Part of speech

Noun, Masculine, Singular

Definition

As opposed to a flat or semicircular arch or elliptical arch, a curved arch which is formed out of a small segment of a circle. A window in such an arch should normally follow the same curve, but in replacement work the window is often made with a flat head, and the remaining space filled solid.

Context

Ffynhonnell: Taflen wybodaeth gyhoeddus Cyngor Gwynedd.