barrel vault

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noun Architecture.

a vault having the form of a very deep arch.

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Also called barrel roof, cradle vault, tunnel vault, wagon roof, wagon vault.

Origin of barrel vault

First recorded in 1840–50

OTHER WORDS FROM barrel vault

barrel-vaulted, adjective

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How to use barrel vault in a sentence

Forty-eight columns with Byzantine and Greek capitals support the brick barrel vault of the nave.
Cathedral Cities of Italy|William Wiehe Collins
The height of the interior, from the floor to the centre of the barrel-vault of the nave, is a little over seventy feet.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
The nave of the church has a pointed barrel vault, and the aisles half-barrel vaults, but all the cross arches are semi-circular.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
Sometimes the ceilings were horizontal, sometimes canted on two sides, and sometimes they take the form of a barrel-vault.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various

They were a variant of the barrel vault of the region preferred because less material was required.
How France Built Her Cathedrals|Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly

British Dictionary definitions for barrel vault

barrel vault

noun

architect a vault in the form of a half cylinderAlso called: wagon vault, tunnel vault

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barrel vault

Origin of barrel vault

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