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Definition of Groined vault
1. Noun. Two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Groined Vault
Literary usage of Groined 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)
"... to the fact that in the darkest ages the mediaeval builders had never lost
the tradition how to construct another type of Roman vault—the groined vault. ..."
2. A Glossary of Terms Used in Grecian, Roman, Italian, and Gothic Architecture by John Henry Parker (1850)
"I, Boman groined vault 2, Cylindrical, or waggon vault 3, groined vault, mixed
cylindrical and pointed 4, Pointed groined vault .... 5, Sex-partite vault . ..."
3. Apollo: An Illustrated Manual of the History of Art Throughout the Ages by Salomon Reinach (1907)
"An essential variation of the groined vault as known to the Romans is the groined
vault with projecting ribs. Whereas the Romanesque vault is a homogeneous ..."
4. A Hand-book for Visitors to Oxford by John Henry Parker (1858)
"... under a handsomely groined archway, groined vault oi'tlie Gateway under
Liie 'lower. the folding oak doors of which are ornamented with royal arms and ..."
5. A Text Book of the History of Architecture by Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin (1909)
"The groined vault is formed by the intersection of two barrel- vaults (Fig. 47).
When several compartments of groined vaulting are placed together over an ..."
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