wagon vault

American  

noun

1. barrel vault.

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wagon vault British  

noun

1. another name for barrel vault

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Etymology

Origin of wagon vault

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

This ceiling is a pointed wagon vault, cut from two great blocks of marble, which meet in the centre.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

They return across the ends of the aisles, in each of which is an altar beneath a wagon vault, though there is no apse.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The roof is a wagon vault pierced with cross-vaults, but not truly quadripartite, and the caps a curious combination of badly cut foliage and scrolls and round-arched arcading.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

The apse and aisle ends were square, and the nave was vaulted with a wagon vault.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

In front of the apses is a solea with a wagon vault, except in front of the small aisle apse, where it is quadripartite.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)