groin vault
1Groin vault — Gothic cross vault, St Mary s, Greifswald …
2Groin Vault — vault formed by the meeting at right angles of two tunnel vaults See: Vault, Groined …
3groin vault — A vault formed when two barrel vaults meet at right angles. Groin vaults were used by Roman builders in the construction of the central hall of the Baths of Caracalia …
4vault — vault1 vaultlike, adj. /vawlt/, n. 1. an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction. 2. an arched structure resembling a… …
5Groin (disambiguation) — For Groin see:*Groin (human body) *Gróin, a character of J. R. R. Tolkien s legendarium *Groin attack (technique) *Groyne (sea wall) *Groin vault, a type of vaulted chamber in medieval architecture …
6Vault (architecture) — A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta, German. Gewölbe, Polish. sklepienie , Spanish. bóveda ) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof. url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article… …
7Vault — An arched ceiling built of brick, stone, or concrete. Of these materials, concrete is the most effective as it allows for greater expanses since it forms one solid, rigid, surface requiring a lesser number of internal supports. The solid… …
8vault — In architecture, an arched roof or covering of masonry construction made of brick, stone, or concrete. A barrel (or tunnel) vault is semi cylindrical in cross section, made up of a continuous row of arches joined to one another. A groin or… …
9Vault, Groined — ♦ Cross vaulting, formed by intersection of simple vaulting surfaces. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 415) Related terms: Groin, Groined Vault, Vault, Barrel, Vaulting, Vault, Ribbed, Vault, Quadripartite, Vault, Sexpartite, Vault,… …
10Groin — angle at the intersection of two surfaces in a vault ♦ The edge formed by intersecting vaults. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 412) Related terms: Vault, Groined …
