Moorish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Moorish	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Moorish adj relating to or characteristic of the Moors; "Moorish courtyard" Synonym(s): Moorish, Moresque n a style of architecture common in Spain from the 13th to 16th centuries; characterized by horseshoe-shaped arches Synonym(s): Moorish, Moorish architecture
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moorish \Moor"ish\, a. [From 2d {Moor}.] Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. [bd]Moorish fens.[b8] --Thomson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Moorish \Moor"ish\, a. [See 1st {Moor}, and cf. {Morris}, {Moresque}.] Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors. {Moorish architecture}, the style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under {Moresque}.