Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, the arched rib which in ribbed vaulting lies next the wall and in a plane parallel to it.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.
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- noun archaeology One of the half-ribs against the walls in a
ceiling vaulted withribs .
Etymologies
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French
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