▪ I. overarch, n.
(əʊvərˈɑːtʃ)
[over- 1, or f. next.]
An arching over, an arch overhead.
| 1884 J. Tait Mind in Matter (1892) 91 There is..the ordinary over-arch of blue sky or gray cloud. 1889 F. M. Peard Paul's Sister I. ix. 236 He..knew the warm red of the banks; the over-arch of the trees. |
▪ II. overarch, v.
(əʊvərˈɑːtʃ)
[over- 1.]
1. trans. To arch over, to bend over in or like an arch, to form an arch over.
| 1667 Milton P.L. i. 304 In Vallombrosa, where th' Etrurian shades High overarch't imbowr. Ibid. ix. 1107 A Pillard shade High overarch't, and echoing Walks between. 1784 Cowper Task vi. 71 Under oaks and elms, Whose out⁓spread branches overarch the glade. 1878 Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. cviii. 4 As the heavens over-arch the whole earth. |
2. intr. See overarching ppl. a.
So overˈarching vbl. n., an arching over.
| 1893 E. L. Wakeman in Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 20 Apr., High overarchings of ancient ash trees. |