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groin vault en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners

Forms

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groin vaults Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

cross vault · groined vault · double barrel vault

Translations (12)

no krysshvelv (structure created by intersection of vaults) · it volta a crociera (structure created by intersection of vaults) · nl kruisgewelf (structure created by intersection of vaults) · el σταυροθόλιο (structure created by intersection of vaults) · ca volta per aresta (structure created by intersection of vaults) · sv korsvalv (structure created by intersection of vaults) · de Kreuzgratgewölbe (structure created by intersection of vaults) · is krosshvelfing (structure created by intersection of vaults) · nl kruisgraatgewelf (structure created by intersection of vaults) · sv kryssvalv (structure created by intersection of vaults) · de Kreuzgewölbe (structure created by intersection of vaults) · fi ristiholvi (structure created by intersection of vaults)