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tiercerons

tiercerons is the plural of tierceron.

Meaning of tierceron

Noun

tierceron (plural tiercerons)

  1. A type of rib in Gothic vaulting, springing from the intersection of two other ribs.
    • It would carry us too far from our subject to trace the consequences of the introduction of the tierceron; it must suffice to say that it immediately affected the curvature and the moulding of the vaulting ribs and the composition of the springer.1901, Thomas Lennox Watson, The double choir of Glasgow Cathedral: a study of rib vaulting, page 92

Questions about tiercerons

What is tiercerons the plural of?
Tiercerons is the plural of tierceron.

Words near tiercerons in the dictionary

  1. tiercel gentle
  2. tiercelet
  3. tiercelets
  4. tiercels
  5. tierceron
  6. tiercerons
  7. tierces
  8. tierces de Picardie
  9. tiercet
  10. tiercets
  11. tiercé

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