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groin vault

groin 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.

groin vault: a vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts...
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Noun

groin vault (plural groin 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 groin vault

Forms of groin vault

pluralgroin vaults

Questions about groin vault

What does groin vault mean?
Groin 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 groin vault?
Groin vault is a noun.
What is the plural of groin vault?
The plural of groin vault is groin vaults.

Words near groin vault in the dictionary

  1. groids
  2. groin
  3. groin field
  4. groin fields
  5. groin ringworm
  6. groin vault
  7. groin vaults
  8. groinal
  9. groined
  10. groined vault
  11. groined vaults

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