Usually means: Arched ceiling with intersecting ribs.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. rib-vault: Merriam-Webster
  2. rib vault: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rib vault: Dictionary.com
  4. Rib vault: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. rib vault: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. rib vault: Wiktionary

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rib vault: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rib vault: Glossary of Medieval Architecture

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▸ noun:  (architecture) An architectural feature for covering a wide space, such as a church nave, composed of a framework of crossed or diagonal arched ribs.


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