Definition of fan vault in US English:

fan vault

noun

Architecture

A type of vault consisting of a set of concave ribs spreading out from a central point like the ribs of an opened umbrella, used especially in the English Perpendicular style.
Example sentencesExamples
- Decoration was now concentrated English-style in roof vaulting, culminating in the fan vaults of Hereford's chapter house (now destroyed) and the cloisters at Gloucester, which were built after 1351.
- Inside is a fan vault of 1529, an especially fine roof, and monuments to the second and third dukes of York of 1573.
- The chapel is noted for its fine carving and fan vaults. ... These fan vaults once had hanging pendants. Traces of paint are still visible on some of them.

Derivatives

fan vaulting

noun

Architecture

Inside the Abbey, the stained glass windows enchanted us, the delicate fan vaulting of the ceiling, and the museum in the basement.
Example sentencesExamples
- Begun about 1475 it was completed some fifty years later, and was funded partly by the royal purse and partly by Knights of the Garter whose arms figure in its fan vaulting.
- St George's chapel, Windsor - which has long served as the last resting place of sovereigns - was begun by Edward IV in 1475 and is notable for its fan vaulting, monuments, stalls, and stained glass.

Definition of fan vault in US English:

fan vault

noun

Architecture

A type of vault consisting of a set of concave ribs spreading out from a central point like the ribs of an opened umbrella, used especially in the English Perpendicular style.
Example sentencesExamples
- Decoration was now concentrated English-style in roof vaulting, culminating in the fan vaults of Hereford's chapter house (now destroyed) and the cloisters at Gloucester, which were built after 1351.
- Inside is a fan vault of 1529, an especially fine roof, and monuments to the second and third dukes of York of 1573.
- The chapel is noted for its fine carving and fan vaults. ... These fan vaults once had hanging pendants. Traces of paint are still visible on some of them.

单词	fan vault
释义	Definition of fan vault in US English: fan vault noun Architecture A type of vault consisting of a set of concave ribs spreading out from a central point like the ribs of an opened umbrella, used especially in the English Perpendicular style. Example sentencesExamples Decoration was now concentrated English-style in roof vaulting, culminating in the fan vaults of Hereford's chapter house (now destroyed) and the cloisters at Gloucester, which were built after 1351. Inside is a fan vault of 1529, an especially fine roof, and monuments to the second and third dukes of York of 1573. The chapel is noted for its fine carving and fan vaults. ... These fan vaults once had hanging pendants. Traces of paint are still visible on some of them. Derivatives fan vaulting noun Architecture Inside the Abbey, the stained glass windows enchanted us, the delicate fan vaulting of the ceiling, and the museum in the basement. Example sentencesExamples Begun about 1475 it was completed some fifty years later, and was funded partly by the royal purse and partly by Knights of the Garter whose arms figure in its fan vaulting. St George's chapel, Windsor - which has long served as the last resting place of sovereigns - was begun by Edward IV in 1475 and is notable for its fan vaulting, monuments, stalls, and stained glass. Definition of fan vault in US English: fan vault noun Architecture A type of vault consisting of a set of concave ribs spreading out from a central point like the ribs of an opened umbrella, used especially in the English Perpendicular style. Example sentencesExamples Decoration was now concentrated English-style in roof vaulting, culminating in the fan vaults of Hereford's chapter house (now destroyed) and the cloisters at Gloucester, which were built after 1351. Inside is a fan vault of 1529, an especially fine roof, and monuments to the second and third dukes of York of 1573. The chapel is noted for its fine carving and fan vaults. ... These fan vaults once had hanging pendants. Traces of paint are still visible on some of them.
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