corbel vault

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noun

a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.

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It was fronted by what looked like a heavily reinforced bank vault door.
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They are simply repositories of capital, like so many gold bars in the vault of a bank.
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It was, he writes, like “looking into the vault of the universe.”
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For decades, these fascinating recordings languished in the Cash Family vault, unheard and unremembered.
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Now, we're in a very small, very hot room with no decor—there is only an ominous-looking vault door.
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(b) To open the Treasury vault, the presence of two persons designated by the Secretary of the Treasury is required.
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Each entry on the vault record book shall be signed by the persons having access to the safe.
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On the 18th fifty heavy shells, including 12-inch and 14-inch, dropped out of the blue vault of heaven on to the Anzacs.
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Coloured shafts mapped the vault from horizon to zenith like the spokes of a prodigious wheel of fire.
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Cautiously they began to go up into the dark vault of the upper house, the boards creaking under their weight.
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