cross vault
or cross-vault
[kraws-vawlt, kros‐]
- a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
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Also cross vault·ing, cross-vault·ing.
Also called groin vault.
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The date of the first appearance of the cross-vault can hardly have been earlier than the second century B.C.
History of Ancient ArtFranz von Reber