groining
AmericanEtymology
Origin of groining
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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The roof has some very beautiful groining, much restored in 1862.
From Bournemouth, Poole & Christchurch by E. W. Haslehust
The golden groining is quadripartite, the ribs meeting in great colored bosses and pendents, added at periods of less simple taste.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
A light groining sprang from six stout columns, and hung down in two rich pendents from the center of the vault.
From International Short Stories English by Various
Other places are the arches, chiefly of doorways; bosses of groining, and the horizontal corners of pillar plinths; exteriorly, the gargoyles are most full of meaning, seconded by the corbels of the corbel-table.
From The Grotesque in Church Art by T. Tindall Wildridge
The groining ribs of the vault are of red brick and the arches of the bays are grey stone.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
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