perpendicular style

1. 1.

   a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

   SynonymsperpendicularEnglish-GothicEnglish-Gothic architecture

   BroaderGothic

   NarrowerTudor architecture

Questions about perpendicular style

What does perpendicular style mean?

perpendicular style means "a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting".

What is another word for perpendicular style?

Close synonyms include perpendicular, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is perpendicular style a common word?

perpendicular style 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.