The western arcade of the courtyard includes the first use of the broken arch.

A shadow leaped from one of the broken arches, pattered to him.

He works with the simplest ornament, consisting of wavy lines, broken arches or loops.

No mortal would have sat here like this, in this shallow high broken arch of a church door, but I liked it.

The trees behind her form a broken arch to draw the eye.

It has a broken arch for an entrance and an old red stone outside, like a seat" He said softly.

Here they were safe from them on the side of Orleans, by reason of the broken arch of the bridge.

The figure resembles a broken arch or a stake being driven into the ground.

There were logs stacked in the stone fireplace, set way back under the broken arch, against the blackened bricks.

The French aptly term this arch the arc brisé, the broken arch, which gives a clear picture of its function.