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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▸ 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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barrel roof,
vault,
cross-vaulting,
cross vault,
severy,
cell,
arcature,
star vault,
sail vault,
westwork,
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