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Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..

Fornicated :: Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.

Echometry :: Echometry (n.) The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.

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

Vault :: Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence..

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Covered with an arch, or vault..

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..

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..

Springer :: Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting..

Welkin :: Welkin (n.) The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.

Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..

Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..

Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.

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..

Cross-vaulting :: Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

Supercelestial :: Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven..

Roof :: Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..

Cameration :: Cameration (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Ogive :: Ogive (n.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

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