barrel vault

1. 1.

   the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch

   Broadervault

Questions about barrel vault

What does barrel vault mean?

barrel vault means "the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch".

Is barrel vault a common word?

barrel vault is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.