barrel vault
a vault having the form of a very deep arch.
Origin of barrel vault
1- Also called barrel roof, cradle vault, tunnel vault, wagon roof, wagon vault.
Other words from barrel vault
- barrel-vaulted, adjective
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How to use barrel vault in a sentence
Forty-eight columns with Byzantine and Greek capitals support the brick barrel vault of the nave.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsThe 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 StreetThe nave of the church has a pointed barrel vault, and the aisles half-barrel vaults, but all the cross arches are semi-circular.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetSometimes the ceilings were horizontal, sometimes canted on two sides, and sometimes they take the form of a barrel-vault.
They were a variant of the barrel vault of the region preferred because less material was required.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
British Dictionary definitions for barrel vault
architect a vault in the form of a half cylinder: Also called: wagon vault, tunnel vault
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