cloister vault

English

cloister vault

Noun

cloister vault (plural cloister vaults)

(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.

Translations

structure created by intersection of vaults

Dutch: kloostergewelf n
Finnish: luostariholvi
German: Klostergewölbe (de) n

Italian: volta a padiglione f
Norwegian: klosterhvelv n
Swedish: klostervalv n

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