barrel vault

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noun Architecture.

a vault having the form of a very deep arch.

Also called barrel roof, cradle vault, tunnel vault, wagon roof, wagon vault.

Origin of barrel vault

First recorded in 1840–50

OTHER WORDS FROM barrel vault

barrel-vaulted, adjective

Words nearby barrel vault

barrel knot, barrel organ, barrel race, barrel roll, barrel roof, barrel vault, barren, barren ground caribou, Barren Grounds, Barren Lands, barrens

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Example sentences from the Web for barrel vault

The height of the interior, from the floor to the centre of the barrel-vault of the nave, is a little over seventy feet.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
Barrel-vault: A vault whose cross-section is everywhere the same as if part of a tube.
How to judge architecture|Russell Sturgis
Sometimes the ceilings were horizontal, sometimes canted on two sides, and sometimes they take the form of a barrel-vault.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various
The roof seems to have been a barrel-vault, but great part of it has now fallen in.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street

British Dictionary definitions for barrel vault

barrel vault

noun

architect a vault in the form of a half cylinderAlso called: wagon vault, tunnel vault

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单词	barrel vault
释义	barrel vault SEE SYNONYMS FOR barrel vault ON THESAURUS.COM noun Architecture. a vault having the form of a very deep arch. Also called barrel roof, cradle vault, tunnel vault, wagon roof, wagon vault. Origin of barrel vault First recorded in 1840–50 OTHER WORDS FROM barrel vault barrel-vaulted, adjective Words nearby barrel vault barrel knot, barrel organ, barrel race, barrel roll, barrel roof, barrel vault, barren, barren ground caribou, Barren Grounds, Barren Lands, barrens Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barrel vault The height of the interior, from the floor to the centre of the barrel-vault of the nave, is a little over seventy feet. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain\|George Edmund Street Barrel-vault: A vault whose cross-section is everywhere the same as if part of a tube. How to judge architecture\|Russell Sturgis Sometimes the ceilings were horizontal, sometimes canted on two sides, and sometimes they take the form of a barrel-vault. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5\|Various The roof seems to have been a barrel-vault, but great part of it has now fallen in. Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain\|George Edmund Street British Dictionary definitions for barrel vault barrel vault noun architect a vault in the form of a half cylinderAlso called: wagon vault, tunnel vault Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to barrel vault cradle vault, wagon vault
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barrel vault

noun Architecture.

Origin of barrel vault

OTHER WORDS FROM barrel vault

Words nearby barrel vault

Example sentences from the Web for barrel vault

British Dictionary definitions for barrel vault

noun

Words related to barrel vault