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fan roof

American  

noun

  1. a vaulted roof having fan tracery.

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And beautiful as a fan roof is, a liern roof is capable of expressing harmonies of proportion yet more delicate and soul-satisfying.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward

For in these, while the more western have the fan roof, the eastern and earlier built show liern vaulting of the most delicious character.

From Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely by Conybeare, Edward

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