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(architecture) The conical stone located in the middle of a round arch.
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(architecture) A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.
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A natural arch-shaped opening in a rock mass.
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(architecture) Furnished with archivolts.
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(architecture) A semicircular molding separating the architrave at the top or bottom of a column.
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(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.
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Having two vaults or arches.
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(architecture) A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
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A vaulting or arching over.
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Having a casement or casements.
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(architecture) A vaulted ceiling that slopes upward from the walls, following the slope of the underside of the roof.
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(architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
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(architecture) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
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(architecture) Having a roof that forms a complete covering.
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(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.
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(architecture) Having coffers.
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(architecture) A space left unroofed over the court of a dwelling in Ancient Rome, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.
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An arch or vault, especially a system of interconnecting vaults
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(architecture) A concave vault or archway, especially the arch of a ceiling.
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(architecture) 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
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(architecture) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction.
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(architecture) cross vaults generally
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(architecture) 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
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(architecture) Having an extrados
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(architecture) A spire or steeple, especially of Gothic style; an object emerging from the ridge of a roof.
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(archaeology) One of the half-ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.
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(architecture) A small gable, or gable-shaped canopy, formed over a tabernacle, niche, etc.
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(architecture) Divided into two.
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(architecture) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
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(architecture) 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
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(architecture) 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
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(architecture) The inner curve of an arch or vault.
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A large, vaulted chamber with a monumental arched opening on one side.
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(architecture) A low-relief, vertical pillar or pilaster in a wall, usually without a base or capital; used in architecture to divide a facade or other wall surface visually.
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(architecture) A roofed, open gallery, usually on an upper level.
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The upper storey of a building, surrounded by such a roof
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(architecture) Sloping in one direction only.
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(architecture) A cavity, hollow, or recess, generally within the thickness of a wall, for a statue, bust, or other erect ornament.
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(architecture) A terrace on a hillside.
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(architecture) A pointed arch made from two ogees.
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(architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
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(architecture) Having an ogive.
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(architecture) The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.
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(architecture) Furnished with a quoin.
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(architecture) Tilted, said of an arch with one side higher than the other, or a vault whose two abutments are located on an inclined plane.
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(architecture) The parts of a vault between the crown and the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault.
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(architecture) The continuation in a different direction, most often at a right angle, of a building, face of a building, or any member, such as a moulding; applied to the shorter in contradistinction to the longer.
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(architecture) A building structure created by an intersection of two or three vaults.
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(architecture) A beam across the chancel of a church for supporting the rood.
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Alternative spelling of rood-loft [A gallery over the rood-screen.]
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(architecture) Vaulted.
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(architecture) A vertical dressed stone beside a door or window.
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(architecture) The apophyge of a shaft.
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(architecture) A concave molding with a lower edge projecting beyond the top.
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(architecture) A compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
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(architecture) A covered passageway, especially one connecting the transept of a cathedral or monastery to the chapter house.
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(architecture) A vault whose ribs radiate to form patterns reminiscent of stars
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(architecture) An arch that does not spring directly from the impost, but from horizontal courses of masonry resting on it.
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A porch used for its abundant sunlight
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(architecture) The trait of any arch or vault that describes a portion of an ellipse.
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(architecture) The slope of an embankment wall, which is thicker at the bottom than at the top.
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(architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
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(architecture) Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style.
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(architecture) The shaft of a column, or a small ornamental shaft.
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(architecture) A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
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