cathedral ceiling

English

Noun

cathedral ceiling (plural cathedral ceilings)

(architecture) A vaulted ceiling, in a home or elsewhere, which slopes upward from the walls, following the slope of the underside of the roof.
- 1993 Feb. 12, "Real Estate: Twain Harte Chalet $129,500, Union Democrat (USA), p. 1C (retrieved 27 Oct 2011):
  Big deck, high open-beam cathedral ceiling. A real charmer

References

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