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  • noun Plural form of vaulting.

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Examples

  • In winter dining rooms, neither paintings on grand subjects nor delicacy of decoration in the cornice work of the vaultings is a serviceable kind of design, because they are spoiled by the smoke from the fire and the constant soot from the lamps.

    The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

  • Here was not the gala extravagance of one of Baldomer's gatherings; the feast was Spartan by comparison, with shadows brooding in the sparsely lit upper vaultings of the gallery.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • Here was not the gala extravagance of one of Baldomer's gatherings; the feast was Spartan by comparison, with shadows brooding in the sparsely lit upper vaultings of the gallery.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • This interior porch circled and commanded the ornate main portals and lofty entry hall, the upper vaultings of which were thick with shadow, Conan saw.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • This interior porch circled and commanded the ornate main portals and lofty entry hall, the upper vaultings of which were thick with shadow, Conan saw.

    Conan The Warlord Carpenter, Leonard 1988

  • Gothic arches but Russko spires, except that in low gravity those vaultings soar while those domes bulge ... and yet it isn't mismatched, it's strong and graceful in its own way, it belongs on Aeneas as ...

    The Day Of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • Gothic arches but Russko spires, except that in low gravity those vaultings soar while those domes bulge ... and yet it isn't mismatched, it's strong and graceful in its own way, it belongs on Aeneas as ...

    The Day of Their Return Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1973

  • It is divided in the middle by an arch, thus having two complete vaultings, each with four spandrels.

    Luca Signorelli Maud Cruttwell

  • But pitsand used in masonry dries quickly, the stucco coating is permanent, and the walls can support vaultings.

    The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

  • After the vaultings have been polished, set the impost mouldings directly beneath them.

    The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

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