HyperDic: fan_vaulting

English > 1 sense of the expression fan vaulting:
NOUNartifactfan vaultingan elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
English > fan vaulting: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningAn elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans.
Partsfan traceryThe carved tracery on fan vaulting
Broadervaulting(architecture) a vaulted structure

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