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Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.

Cell :: Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut..

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..

Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap or bound.

Vault :: Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Lierne Rib :: Lierne rib () 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..

Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

Burial :: Burial (n.) The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment..

Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Envault :: Envault (v. t.) To inclose in a vault; to entomb.

Crypt :: Crypt (n.) A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory..

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers..

Demivolt :: Demivolt (n.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner..

Cameration :: Cameration (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

Ogive :: Ogive (n.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

Sky :: Sky (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural..

Triforium :: Triforium (n.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows..

Vaultage :: Vaultage (n.) Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar..

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