Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

groined vault

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.03 in modern English

Syllables
groined -vault
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
12
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

groined vaults (plural)

Synonyms

groin vault cross vault double barrel vault

Questions

What does groined 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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