sexpartite

American  

[seks-pahr-tahyt] / sɛksˈpɑr taɪt /

adjective

1. divided into or consisting of six parts.

2. Architecture. (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other.

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sexpartite British  

/ sɛksˈpɑːtaɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of vaults, arches, etc) divided into or composed of six parts

2. maintained by or involving six participants or groups of participants

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Etymology

Origin of sexpartite

First recorded in 1750–60; sex- + partite

Example Sentences

In Scott’s enumeration the vaults of octagons and irregular compartments, and such varieties as the one called sexpartite, find a place; here they have been intentionally excluded.

From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

The vaulting of nave and transepts is throughout sexpartite; that of the side aisles, quadripartite.

From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.

No. 4 represents one lay of a sexpartite Gothic vault.

From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)

The Vaulting is generally simple, and acute, and usually of the quadripartite or sexpartite form.

From The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated by Sharpe, Edmund

The vaulting is worthy of attention and is generally sexpartite in plan, although the simpler quadripartite form occurs in places.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Rochester A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Palmer, G. H. (George Henry)