groining
AmericanEtymology
Origin of groining
First recorded in 1645–55
Example Sentences
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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)
What the height and pitch of the roof of the old Norman nave must have been can be seen from the old housing course which remains to this day above the nave groining.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Lichfield A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Clifton, A. B.
It is an unusually rich example of the style, the clustered piers and groining being exquisite in design and admirable in execution.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The height to the centre of nave groining is 100 feet.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
Above the groining of the porch is a parvise, accessible by a turret-stair, having two Norman window-openings, unglazed, and a straight-gabled niche between them on the outside.
From Stones of the Temple Lessons from the Fabric and Furniture of the Church by Field, Walter
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