- barrel-vaulted
- adjective see barrel vault
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
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barrel-vaulted — barrˈel vaulted adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑barrel … Useful english dictionary
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barrel vault — noun Architecture a vault forming a half cylinder. Derivatives barrel vaulted adjective … English new terms dictionary
Barrel vault — Vault Vault (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
barrel vault — tunnel vault, vaulted ceiling formed as a semicylinder (Architecture) … English contemporary dictionary
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