barrel vault

barrel vault

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:
1840–50

bar·rel-vault·ed, adjective
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Barrel vault is always a great word to know.
So is atrium. Does it mean:
a railing with supporting balusters or posts
a sky lit central court in a contemporary building or house; a courtyard, flanked or surrounded by porticoes, in front of an early Christian church
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barrel vault
 
n
architect wagon vault, Also called: tunnel vault a vault in the form of a half cylinder

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