Norman Architecture, a massive architecture introduced into England, particularly in the construction of churches, abbeys, &c., by the Normans even before the Conquest, which was in vogue in the country till the end of Henry II.'s reign, and which is characterised by the prevalence of the rounded arch.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Norman, Henry * Normandy