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Definition of Interlacing arches

Interlacing arches
Interlace In`ter*lace", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Interlaced; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlacing.] [OE. entrelacen, F. entrelacer. See Inter-, and Lace.] To unite, as by lacing together; to insert or interpose one thing within another; to intertwine; to interweave. Severed into stripes That interlaced each other. --Cowper. The epic way is every where interlaced with dialogue. --Dryden. Interlacing arches (Arch.), arches, usually circular, so constructed that their archivolts intersect and seem to be interlaced.

Meaning of Interlacing arches from wikipedia

- Interlaced arches is a scheme of decoration emplo**** in Romanesque and Gothic architecture, where arches spring from alternate piers, interlacing or intersecting...
- Two-tiered arches in the Mosque-Cathedral of Córdoba (Islamic) Large blind arch containing three smaller blind arches Interlaced arcade of blind arches at Castle...
- architecture of the region, said that this motif originated with the complex interlacing arches in the 10th-century extension of the Great Mosque of Cordoba by Caliph...
- complex arches of Al-Hakam II's expansion, most notably the interlacing arches of the Aljafería in Zaragoza (11th century), the polylobed arches found throughout...
- the Mosque of Tinmal.: 232  Interlacing polylobed arches at the Alcazaba of Malaga in Spain (11th century) Polylobed arches at the Almoravid Qubba in Marrakesh...
- constructed from a continuous pour of concrete into moulds, creating interlacing arches and leaving no apparent joints. There are twelve Purbeck-marble columns...
- the architectural developments of al-Andalus, such as the complex interlacing arches of the Great Mosque in Cordoba and of the Aljaferia palace in Zaragoza...
- the architectural developments of al-Andalus, such as the complex interlacing arches of the Great Mosque in Córdoba and of the Aljaferia palace in Zaragoza...
- significant architectural flourishes and innovations, which included interlacing multifoil arches, decorative ribbed domes, and a richly-ornamented mihrab (niche...
- eight stages of elaborate octagonal structure, linked together by interlaced arches and pinnacles, which contain a stairway to the lantern at the top...