groin vault

English

Renaissance groin vault in the church of Santa Maria dei Carmini in Venice.

Noun

groin vault (plural groin vaults)

(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners

Synonyms

groined vault, cross vault, double barrel vault

Translations

structure created by intersection of vaults

Catalan: volta per aresta f
Dutch: kruisgraatgewelf n, kruisgewelf n
Finnish: ristiholvi
German: Kreuzgratgewölbe (de) n, Kreuzgewölbe (de) n

Italian: volta a crociera f
Norwegian: krysshvelv n
Swedish: kryssvalv n, korsvalv n

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