cathedral ceiling

English

Noun

cathedral ceiling (plural cathedral ceilings)

1. (architecture) A vaulted ceiling, in a home or elsewhere, which slopes upward from the walls, following the slope of the underside of the roof.
   • 1993 Feb. 12, "Real Estate: Twain Harte Chalet $129,500, Union Democrat (USA), p. 1C (retrieved 27 Oct 2011):

     Big deck, high open-beam cathedral ceiling. A real charmer

References

• “cathedral ceiling”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.