barrel vault
Use Barrel vault in a sentencebarrel vault
noun Architecture.
a vault having the form of a very deep arch.
Origin:
1840–50
1840–50
Related forms
bar·rel-vault·ed, adjective
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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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Example sentences
The random rubble limestone walls of the tall barrel vault forming the fort are pierced by loopholes.
The sewer's barrel vault clearly reaches into the darkness beyond-one wonders how far.
The building currently contains barrel vault ceilings and carved wood columns.
The interior consists of a barrel vault with a box at the rear which contains two rows of rectangular plaques naming the deceased.
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