English Explanatory Dictionary

lierne rib

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.

Word forms

lierne rib lierne ribs

Etymology

French lierne.

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