barrel roof
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Under the barrel roof of York Hall – a boxing venue – music by Underworld sends a metallic beat through the action, and giant videos flicker behind a hectically lit revolving stage.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 25, 2010
The tower is battlemented, and has some individual gargoyle heads around its gutter, and the barrel roof of the interior has richly carved wooden bosses, with the remains of painting upon them.
From Lynton and Lynmouth A Pageant of Cliff & Moorland by Presland, John
It has a plain barrel roof, divided by broad flat arches rising from pilasters.
From Bell's Cathedrals: Wimborne Minster and Christchurch Priory A Short History of Their Foundation and a Description of Their Buildings by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.
In shape it was like a long tunnel or a long, narrow railway station, an impression intensified by a monotonous barrel roof.
From Simon the Jester by Locke, William John
But the barrel roof does not readily submit to a structural division into bays, or a structural decoration by means of ribs and bosses such as ornament and emphasise the divisions of the intersecting vault.
From The Cathedral Church of York Bell's Cathedrals: A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See by Clutton-Brock, A. (Arthur)
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