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lierne
[ lee-urn ]
noun
, Architecture.
- an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.
lierne
/ lɪˈɜːn /
noun
- architect a short secondary rib that connects the intersections of the primary ribs, esp as used in Gothic vaulting
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lierne1
1835–45; < French: binding timber, equivalent to li ( er ) to bind (< Latin ligāre ) + -erne < ?
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lierne1
C19: from French, perhaps related to lier to bind
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Example Sentences
The vaulting is lierne vaulting, with short ribs, which connect the main ribs together.
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Vaulting with intermediate ribs, ridge ribs, and late in the style lierne ribs, and bosses.
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To the north of this screen is a rather late Gothic chapel with apse of three sides and lierne vaulting.
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The clerestory follows round from the nave, and overhead is the later lierne vault.
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It is separated from the Lady Chapel by an open-work screen, which is very beautiful, and has a fine lierne vault.
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