rear arch

arrière-voussure, rear arch

arrière-voussure 1. A rear vault; an arch or vault in a thick wall carrying the thickness of the wall, esp. one over a door or window frame. 2. A relieving arch behind the face of a wall.

rear arch

1. An inner arch of an opening which is smaller in size than the external arch of the opening and may be different in shape. 2. See arrière-voussure.