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Definition of Barrel vault
1. Noun. The simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch.
Definition of Barrel vault
1. Noun. (architecture) A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns. ¹
2. Noun. (context: roofing) A building profile featuring a rounded profile to the roof on the short axis, but with no angle change on a cut along the long axis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Barrel Vault
Literary usage of Barrel vault
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)
"A barrel vault rests on two sides of a rectangular space to be covered, and leaves
two sides ... The dome and the barrel vault are of immemorial antiquity. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"The barrel vault constructed with regular stone voussoirs had already for ...
With the barrel vault these Avails must have been continuous throughout the ..."
3. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"Interestingly enough, it is roofed with a simple and unadorned barrel vault, a
clue indicating that it is posterior to the apsidal end, roofed with a ribbed ..."
4. American Architect and Building News (1908)
"The general waiting-room, 130 feet by 220 feet, in itself larger than the average
city depot, is covered by a Roman barrel vault 90 feet high, ..."
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