How to pronounce “barrel vault”

Meaning

• [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.
• (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.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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