Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

groin vault

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.17 in modern English

Syllables: groin -vault
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

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

groin vaults (plural)

Synonyms

groined vault cross vault double barrel vault

Questions

What does groin 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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