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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In groined vaulting, a rib which extends diagonally from one pier to another, across the vault; an are ogive.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See
Illustr . ofgroined vault .]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction.
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