wagon vault

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Origin of wagon vault

1
First recorded in 1825–35

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How to use wagon vault in a sentence

  • We left it (Fig. 92) in the condition of a round wagon vault, intersected by another similar vault at right angles.

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

    The Shores of the Adriatic | F. Hamilton Jackson
  • They return across the ends of the aisles, in each of which is an altar beneath a wagon vault, though there is no apse.

    The Shores of the Adriatic | F. Hamilton Jackson
  • The central compartment has a wagon vault, the other two quadripartite vaults.

    The Shores of the Adriatic | F. Hamilton Jackson
  • This ceiling is a pointed wagon vault, cut from two great blocks of marble, which meet in the centre.

    The Shores of the Adriatic | F. Hamilton Jackson

British Dictionary definitions for wagon vault

wagon vault

noun
  1. another name for barrel vault

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