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groin vaults

groin vaults is the plural of groin vault.

Meaning of groin vault

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

Questions about groin vaults

What is groin vaults the plural of?
Groin vaults is the plural of groin vault.

Words near groin vaults in the dictionary

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

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