fan vaulting
noun
a system of fan vaults.
Origin of fan vaulting
First recorded in 1795–1805
Words nearby fan vaulting
fan palm,
fan roof,
fan the flames,
fan tracery,
fan vault,
fan vaulting,
fan window,
fan worm,
fan-tan,
fana,
fana test
Example sentences from the Web for fan vaulting
The roof shows the first piece of fan-vaulting admitted into the cathedral.
The Cathedral Church of Canterbury [2nd ed.]. |Hartley Withers
British Dictionary definitions for fan vaulting
fan vaulting
noun
architect
vaulting having ribs that radiate like those of a fan and spring from the top of a capital or corbel
Also called: palm vaulting