arched, ppl. a.
(ɑːtʃt, -tʃɪd)
[f. arch v.1 + -ed.]
1. Furnished with, formed into, or consisting of, an arch or arches.
| 1598 Shakes. Merry W. iii. iii. 59 The right arched-beauty of the brow. 1665 Manley Grotius's Low-C. Wars 361 It hath an Arched Bridg. 1686 Plot Staffordsh. 358 A sort of arched-Bricks..bent round to fit the Eyes of their Cole-pits. 1718 Pope Iliad vi. 305 Raised on arch'd columns of stupendous frame. 1827 Keble Chr. Year Trin. Sun., As travellers..Lose in arched glades their tangled sight. |
† 2. Joined in mutual support; cf. arch v.1 4. Obs.
| 1581 Lyly Euphues (1636) D ij, Arched bands of amity. |