Hypertext Webster Gateway: "arching"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arch \Arch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Arched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Arching}.]
1. To cover with an arch or arches.
2. To form or bend into the shape of an arch.
The horse arched his neck. --Charlesworth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Arching \Arch"ing\, n.
1. The arched part of a structure.
2. (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to {sagging}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
arching
adj : (architecture) forming or resembling an arch; "an arched
ceiling" [syn: {arced}, {arched}, {arciform}, {arcuate},
{bowed}]
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