ridge rib
Americannoun
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a rib that runs along the ridge of a vault.
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a stone or piece of timber placed at the apex of the gable in a vault or a timber roof.
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The chancel, a little lower than the nave and transepts, is entered by an acutely pointed and richly cusped arch, and has a regular Welsh groined vault, with a well-developed ridge rib.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
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