barrel vault
noun Architecture.
a vault having the form of a very deep arch.
Origin of barrel vault
First recorded in 1840–50
OTHER WORDS FROM barrel vault
bar·rel-vault·ed, adjectiveWords nearby barrel vault
barrel knot,
barrel organ,
barrel race,
barrel roll,
barrel roof,
barrel vault,
barrel-ass,
barrel-chested,
barrel-race,
barrel-roll,
barrelage
Example sentences from the Web for barrel vault
The height of the interior, from the floor to the centre of the barrel-vault of the nave, is a little over seventy feet.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain |George Edmund StreetBarrel-vault: A vault whose cross-section is everywhere the same as if part of a tube.
How to judge architecture |Russell SturgisSometimes the ceilings were horizontal, sometimes canted on two sides, and sometimes they take the form of a barrel-vault.
The roof seems to have been a barrel-vault, but great part of it has now fallen in.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain |George Edmund Street
British Dictionary definitions for barrel vault
barrel vault
noun
architect
a vault in the form of a half cylinder
Also called: wagon vault, tunnel vault