barrel vault

English

barrel vault

Noun

barrel vault (plural barrel vaults)

(architecture) A simple roof having a curved, often semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations, churches, etc. Usually supported on columns.
(roofing) A building profile featuring a rounded profile to the roof on the short axis, but with no angle change on a cut along the long axis.

Translations

architecture

Catalan: volta de canó f
Dutch: tongewelf (nl) n
Finnish: tynnyriholvi
Galician: bóveda de canón (gl) f
German: Tonnengewölbe (de) n
Italian: volta a botte f
Norwegian: tønnehvelv n
Spanish: bóveda de cañón (es) f
Swedish: tunnvalv (sv) n

See also

barrel roof

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