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Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..

Boss :: Boss (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations..

Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..

Vault :: Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].

Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

Catabasion :: Catabasion (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church.

Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

Lierne Rib :: Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another..

Imbowment :: Imbowment (n.) act of imbowing; an arch; a vault.

Vault :: Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.

Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..

Vault :: Vault (v. t.) To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court..

Carnary :: Carnary (n.) A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house..

Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..

Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.

Groin :: Groin (n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit..

Groin :: Groin (n.) The surface formed by two such vaults.

Vaulter :: Vaulter (n.) One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler.

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