1) Type of arch
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A barrel vault, also known as a tunnel vault or a wagon vault, is an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance. The curves are typically circular in shape, lending a semi-cylindrical appearance to the total design. The barrel vault is the simple...
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an architectural element formed by the extrusion of a single curve (or pair of curves, in the case of a pointed barrel vault) along a given distance
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A semicircular roof of stone or timber.
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ceiling or roof consisting of a series of semicylindrical arches. See vault.[4 related articles]
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A vault in the shape of a half barrel split lengthways
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Cylindrical roof.
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Cylindrical roof.
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. Form of vault made up of continuous semicircular or pointed arch.
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See vault.
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semicircular (barrel shaped) roof of stone or timber
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an architectural element formed by the extrusion of an arch along a given distance.
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Form of vault made up of continuous semicircular or pointed arch.
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In architecture a barrel vault (Cradle vault, cylindrical vault or wagon vault) is a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church.
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a vault forming a half cylinder.
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In architecture, a ceiling that is in the form of a semicircular vault with a continuous surface. It is the simplest form of a vault. So called because it resembles a barrel that has been cut in half lengthways. Compare with: groin vault.
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n] - the simplest form of vault
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semicircular (barrel shaped) roof of stone or timber
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noun the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
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