Usually means: Curved roof formed by arches.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word barrel vault:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. barrel vault: Merriam-Webster
  2. barrel vault: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. barrel vault: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. barrel vault: Collins English Dictionary
  5. barrel vault: Vocabulary.com
  6. barrel vault: Wordnik
  7. barrel vault: Wiktionary
  8. barrel vault: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Barrel vault, barrel vault: Dictionary.com
  10. Barrel-vault, Barrel vault: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. barrel vault: Rhymezone
  12. barrel vault: FreeDictionary.org
  13. barrel vault: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. barrel vault: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. barrel vault: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. BARREL VAULT: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barrel-vault, barrel vault: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Barrel vault: Castle Terms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. barrel vault: Glossary of Medieval Architecture
  2. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See barrel-vaulted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (barrel vault)

noun:  (architecture) A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns.
noun:  (roofing) 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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