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barrel vault
noun
, Architecture.
- a vault having the form of a very deep arch.
barrel vault
noun
- architect a vault in the form of a half cylinder Also calledwagon vaulttunnel vault
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Other Words From
- barrel-vaulted adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of barrel vault1
First recorded in 1840–50
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Example Sentences
Forty-eight columns with Byzantine and Greek capitals support the brick barrel vault of the nave.
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The height of the interior, from the floor to the centre of the barrel-vault of the nave, is a little over seventy feet.
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The nave of the church has a pointed barrel vault, and the aisles half-barrel vaults, but all the cross arches are semi-circular.
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Sometimes the ceilings were horizontal, sometimes canted on two sides, and sometimes they take the form of a barrel-vault.
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They were a variant of the barrel vault of the region preferred because less material was required.
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