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FAN VAULTING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fan vaulting mean?
• FAN VAULTING (noun)
The noun FAN VAULTING has 1 sense:
1. an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
Familiarity information: FAN VAULTING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("fan vaulting" is a kind of...):
vaulting ((architecture) a vaulted structure)
Meronyms (parts of "fan vaulting"):
fan tracery (the carved tracery on fan vaulting)
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