barrel vault

barrel vault

English

barrel vault

Noun

barrel vault (plural barrel vaults)

1. (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.
2. (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 German: Tonnengewölbe (de) n

Italian: volta a botte f Norwegian: tønnehvelv n Swedish: tunnvalv (sv) n

See also

• barrel roof