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barrel vault Definition

barrel vault

barrel vault Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • support: The thick walls were probably to support a barrel vault.
  • have: The interior has a large barrel vault with a gothic organ case.

Adjective modifier

  • wooden: The nave was only re-roofed in the 19th century; its wooden barrel vault is probably correct.

Noun used with modifier

  • brick: The brick-lined graves usually contained one or more burials and were roofed with stone slabs or brick barrel vaults.

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