surbased vault
1surbased — st adjective Etymology: French surbaissé depressed, flattened, surbased (from past participle of surbaisser to lower from above, depress, flatten, from sur + baisser to lower, from bas low, from Middle French) + English ed more at base 1. :… …
2List of architectural vaults — The following is a list of arched structures known in architecture as vaults.* Ambulatory vault – the covered portion of the covered passage around a cloister. Often written in the context of an ambulatory vault mosaic. * Annular vault – A Barrel …
3Hanse — (h[a^]ns), n. [Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and E. haunch hip.] (Arch.) That part of an elliptical or many centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost. [1913 Webster] …
