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See, I make an arched ceiling--groined arch, eh?--and I gild him; so I get pretty light and pretty sound, not?

—David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales

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In architecture, having groins; showing the curved lines resulting from the intersection of two semicylinders or arches. See cut under groin. The cloisters, with their coupled windows, simple traceries, and groined roofs, are very beautiful. The Century, XXXV. 705.
Groined ceiling, groined vaulting. See groin, 2, and vaulting.

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Within it had a richly-groined roof, and underneath a large arch cut in the north wall of the Lady Chapel, and therefore opening into the hall of the chantry, stood the monument of Lord Hungerford, surmounted by an ornamental four-arched canopy. — Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Salisbury A Description of its Fabric and a Brief History of the See of Sarum
The roof is groined, and the chancel-screen, pulpit, walls of the chancel, and the reredos are all stonework, with niches fitted with stone figures. — Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London
Between the windows are buttresses, necessarily large, to support the vast extent of the stone-groined roof. — Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See
The upper stage has three lancets of equal height, which give light to the space above the stone-groined roof, with a small trefoiled arch, unglazed, and half of another on each side. — Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See
The vault above is groined, but there are no ribs. — Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See

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