cloister vault
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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Klostervalv.png/220px-Klostervalv.png)
Noun
[edit]cloister vault (plural cloister vaults)
- (architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.
Translations
[edit]structure created by intersection of vaults
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