wagon vault
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of wagon vault
First recorded in 1825–35
Example Sentences
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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.
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In front of the apses is a solea with a wagon vault, except in front of the small aisle apse, where it is quadripartite.
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They return across the ends of the aisles, in each of which is an altar beneath a wagon vault, though there is no apse.
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This ceiling is a pointed wagon vault, cut from two great blocks of marble, which meet in the centre.
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The building has a wagon vault of three courses, carved with cofferings and rosettes above a magnificent cornice.
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