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ENGLISH-GOTHIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does English-Gothic mean?
• ENGLISH-GOTHIC (noun)
The noun ENGLISH-GOTHIC has 1 sense:
1. a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
Familiarity information: ENGLISH-GOTHIC used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
English-Gothic; English-Gothic architecture; perpendicular; perpendicular style
Hypernyms ("English-Gothic" is a kind of...):
Gothic; Gothic architecture (a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "English-Gothic"):
Tudor architecture (a style of English-Gothic architecture popular during the Tudor period; characterized by half-timbered houses)
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