Moorish
a.-
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

