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 Translation for 'fan vault' from English to French
NOUN   a fan vault | fan vaults
arch.constr.
voûte {f} en éventail
fan vault
Partial Matches
équi.sport
voltiger
to vault
arch.
voûte {f}
vault
2
arch.
voûter qc.
to vault sth.
arch.
voûte {f} lambrissée
panelled vault
arch.constr.
cintrer qc.
to vault sth.
sport
sauter à la perche
to pole vault
arch.
voûte {f} d'arêtes
groin vault
arch.
berceau {m}
barrel vault
sport
saut {m} à la perche
pole vault
arch.
voûte {f} d'arêtes
cross vault
anat.zool.
boîte {f} crânienne [neurocranium]
(cranial) vault
arch.constr.
voûte {f} d'arêtes
groined vault
arch.
croisée {f} d'ogives
ribbed vault
fin.
salle {f} des coffres
vault [strongroom]
fin.
chambre {f} forte
vault [strongroom]
arch.constr.
voûte {f} en encorbellement
corbelled vault
arch.constr.
voûte {f} en berceau
barrel vault
sauter par-dessus qc.to vault over sth.
coffre-fort {m}vault [strong-room]
caveau {m}vault [burial chamber]
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Usage Examples English
  • William Vertue (died 1527) was an English architect specialising in Fan vault ceilings.
  • It is highly ornate, with spiral columns supporting a curly pediment framing a shell niche with a statue of the Virgin and Child, underneath a Gothic fan vault.
  • The 17th century saw important changes to the interior, including the erection of a choir screen by Inigo Jones in 1638–39, the insertion of a wooden fan vault underneath the crossing tower (previously the tower was open to the church) and the destruction of much medieval glass and imagery by Parliamentarian soldiers in December 1642, including the near-complete destruction of the massive Great West Window by Cromwell and his forces.
  • It is considered one of the finest examples of late Perpendicular Gothic English architecture and features the world's largest fan vault.
  • A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan.

  • The fan vault in the porch probably comes from the same source.
  • The underside of the tower is closed by a ribbed and groined fan vault.
  • The chapel is noted for its pendant fan vault ceiling.
  • Inside, the church once had a plaster fan vault but this has now fallen in, and the church's windows are boarded.
  • Ultimately, a complex fan vault was constructed instead.

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