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- noun (Arch.) In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.
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- noun architecture In
Gothic vaulting , anyrib which does not spring from theimpost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from oneboss orintersection of the principal ribs to another.
Etymologies
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French lierne.
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