MEANING
A vault with projecting ribs defining its framework or divisions.
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- Gothic rib vault
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The rib vault spread above the choir.
Paint survived along the rib vault’s intersecting curves.
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Word forms
- Base
- rib vault
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular rib vault; plural rib vaults. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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