ribbed vault

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   vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches

   Broadervault

Questions about ribbed vault

What does ribbed vault mean?

ribbed vault means "vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches".

Is ribbed vault a common word?

ribbed 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.