Definition of Groined

1. a. Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault.

Definition of Groined

1. Verb. (past of groin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Groined

1. groin [v] - See also: groin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Groined

groggy
groghouse
groghouses
grognard
grognards
grogram
grograms
grogs
grogshop
grogshops
groid
groin attack
groin ulcer
groinal
groined (current term)
groined vault
groining
groinings
groins
groinward
grok
grokked
grokking
groks
grom
groma
gromas
gromet
gromets

Literary usage of Groined

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"Object of Vaulting—Roman groined Vaults—Romanesque groined Vaults—groined Vaults in Crypts—groined Vaults in Aisles—High groined Vaults. ..."

2. Stereotomy by Arthur Willard French, Howard Chapin Ives (1902)
"THE groined ARCH. 118. Both of these arches are compound, being formed by ... The groined arch is formed by removing that part of each cylinder which lies ..."

3. The American Vignola by William Robert Ware, Vignola (1906)
"This angle is salient in the groined Arch, and is called the Groin. In the Cloistered Arch it retreats, forming a reentering angle, and may be called a ..."

4. Stereotomy by Arthur Willard French, Howard Chapin Ives (1902)
"groined ARCH. THE 118. Both of these arches are compound, being formed by ... The groined arch is formed by removing that part of each cylinder which lies ..."

5. Stereotomy: Problems in Stone Cutting. In Four Classes. I. Plane-sided by Samuel Edward Warren (1875)
"The groined and cloistered, or elbow arch. ... The portion A'C'DC"A" thus forms one quarter of a right- angled groined arch; while B'C'DC"B" forms one ..."

6. Theory of Steel-concrete Arches and of Vaulted Structures by William Cain (1901)
"groined and cloistered arches are formed by the intersection of two ... The groined arch is formed by removing those portions of each cylinder which lie ..."

7. Water Filtration Works by James Hillhouse Fuertes (1901)
"groined arches (Fig. 7, 8 and 9), springing from the tops of columns, are generally used for covering filter-beds, because of the ease with which they may ..."

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