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barrel 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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Barrel-vault
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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