groining
AmericanEtymology
Origin of groining
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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A huge cresset with a jeweled hood, depending from a groining so high that its light was feeble, showed dimly the giant compound arch of the portal.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth
The pointed vaulting of the southern transept is 12th century, and the ogival groining rests on Norman capitals.
From Rheims and the Battles for its Possession Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battle-Fields (1914-1918) by Various
She felt that he had the advantage of her out there in those wide, still aisles of gold with their groining of dark branches.
From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie
The capitals of the fluted pillars are small, delicate, and refined, and the groining of the roof is carried up in exquisite lines.
From Glories of Spain by Wood, Charles W. (William)
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 Wildridge, T. Tindall
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