Usually means: Gothic, ribbed vaults forming patterns.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. fan vault: Merriam-Webster
  2. fan vault: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. fan vault: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. fan vault: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. fan vault: Dictionary.com
  6. Fan vault: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. fan vault: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. fan vault: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. FAN VAULT: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. fan vault: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. fan vault: Encyclopedia

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan.


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