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barrel vault en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns.
2. A building profile featuring a rounded profile to the roof on the short axis, but with no angle change on a cut along the long axis.

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Relateds

barrel roof

Translations (10)

hu dongaboltozat (architecture) · fi tynnyriholvi (architecture) · no tønnehvelv (architecture) · es bóveda de cañón (architecture) · de Tonnengewölbe (architecture) · sv tunnvalv (architecture) · gl bóveda de canón (architecture) · it volta a botte (architecture) · ca volta de canó (architecture) · nl tongewelf (architecture)