释义 |
Coved vault
| a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault. | (Arch.) | See under 1st Cove, v. t. |
See also: Cove, Vault coved vault
coved vault, cloistered arch, cloistered vaultA vault, 1 composed of four quarter-cylindrical surfaces or coves, meeting in vertical diagonal planes, the axial sections of the vault being arched, and the horizontal courses diminishing in length from spring to crown. (See illustration p. 272.) |