Meanings of barrel vault in English

At that Cholly felt the barrel vault of his chest give way and cave in.

Back in the mid-1990s, HOK planned to crown the post office's central court with an immense glass barrel vault.

He stood in an immense barrel vault similar to the secret meat rail Caliph had ridden with Mr. Vhortghast.

The bottom part of the tunnel is cut from the bedrock, while the upper part is a barrel vault built of hewn stone.

For so small a building the " barrel vault," a row of round arches, was often used; but David's voice was for the pointed arch throughout.

The barrel vaulted roofed stand is one of just two of… Audio, Gallery

Expensive crystal chandeliers hung from the barrel vaulted ceiling every fifteen feet or so.

Domed ceilings, clerestories, barrel vaults.

"Seventy-two feet long, forty-two feet wide, crowned seventy feet up by a barrel vault."

The barrel vaulted roofed stand is one of just two of… Read more Audio, Gallery 1:25 PM.

The barrel vaulted roofed stand was built in 1899 and is one of just two of its kind left in the country.

The barrel vaulted roofed stand is one of just two of its kind left in the country - it was built in 1899.

"It's a perfect barrel vault," he said.

After morning exercise, she sifted through the newest piles of holomorphic research the Sisterhood had compiled in the vast underpitched barrel vaults of parliament's basement.