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double barrel vault

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables
dou-ble bar-rel -vault
IPA
25
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Inflected Forms

double barrel vaults (plural)

Synonyms

groin vault groined vault cross vault

Questions

What does double barrel vault mean?
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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