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double barrel vault

double barrel vault noun: a vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners.

Noun

double barrel vault (plural double barrel vaults)

  1. A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners

Synonyms of double barrel vault

Forms of double barrel vault

pluraldouble barrel vaults

Questions about double barrel vault

What does double barrel vault mean?
Double barrel vault means a vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners.
What part of speech is double barrel vault?
Double barrel vault is a noun.
What is the plural of double barrel vault?
The plural of double barrel vault is double barrel vaults.

Words near double barrel vault in the dictionary

  1. double aunts
  2. double back
  3. double bar
  4. double bar line
  5. double bar lines
  6. double barrel vault
  7. double barrel vaults
  8. double base
  9. double bases
  10. double bass
  11. double basses

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