wagon roof

American  

noun

1. barrel vault.

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Etymology

Origin of wagon roof

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

G.M. engineers raised the rear two-thirds of the wagon roof by four inches, installed long narrow windows in the front and on the sides.

From Time Magazine Archive

After supper the wagon was partly unloaded, the feather bed laid upon the planks under the wagon roof and spread with blankets.

From A Man for the Ages A Story of the Builders of Democracy by Adams, John Wolcott

We adjourned to the music-room after dinner, an apartment paneled in cedar-wood and with a wagon roof, and Juanita played and sang to us for a time.

From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger

Enter, and above the dwelling-rooms you shall find a chamber with wagon roof and window facing south.

From A West Country Pilgrimage by Phillpots, Eden

I wonder if this will be legible; my present station on the wagon roof, though airy, compared to the cars, is both dirty and insecure.

From The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls by Stevenson, Robert Louis