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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A simple continuous vault, typically semicircular in cross section.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plain, semicylindrical vault, much used by ancient architects, and employed generally by medieval builders before the reappearance of groined vaulting at the close of the eleventh century.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture A simple roof having a curved, often
semicircular cross section ; used to span large distances inrailway stations , churches, etc. Usually supported oncolumns . - noun roofing A building
profile featuring a rounded profile to the roof on the shortaxis , but with noangle change on a cut along the long axis.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
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chained_bear commented on the word barrel vault
A vault in the shape of a half-barrel split lengthwise.
August 24, 2008