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wagon vault

wagon vault

noun

  1. another name for barrel vault


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wagon vault1

First recorded in 1825–35

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Example Sentences

We left it (Fig. 92) in the condition of a round wagon vault, intersected by another similar vault at right angles.

In front of the apses is a solea with a wagon vault, except in front of the small aisle apse, where it is quadripartite.

They return across the ends of the aisles, in each of which is an altar beneath a wagon vault, though there is no apse.

The central compartment has a wagon vault, the other two quadripartite vaults.

This ceiling is a pointed wagon vault, cut from two great blocks of marble, which meet in the centre.

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