English Explanatory Dictionary

double barrel vault

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners

Word forms

double barrel vault double barrel vaults

Synonyms

groin vault groined vault cross vault
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