vaulting's Usage Examples:

The choir opens into a beautiful cloister, the massive vaulting of which is supported on heavy piers adorned with statuary, between which intervene slender columns arranged in pairs and surmounted by delicately carved capitals.

south of Milan, is a fine brick building in the plan of a Latin cross, with nave and two aisles with round pillars, with a lofty domed tower, in the so-called Romanesque Transition style, having comparatively slender round pillars and cross vaulting, while the exterior is still quite Romanesque.

hand with inscribed scutcheons and interlaced plait or knot ornaments (intrecciamenti), the vaultings with stars on a blue ground.

But it is important to add that the permanent forts were old and conspicuous, and, except in a few cases where modernization had been actually begun, possessed only brick vaulting that was not proof against 6-in.

The cathedral has a Romanesque Gothic portal of 1332 by a Roman marble worker named Deodatus, and the interior is decorated in the Baroque style, but still retains the pointed vaulting of 1154, introduced into Italy by French Benedictines; it contains a splendid silver antependium by the 15th-century goldsmith Nicolo di Guardiagrele (1433-48).

It contains five churches, one of which (St Nicholas), built in 1446-88, is a good example of the late Gothic style as developed in Saxony, with its spacious proportions, groined vaulting, and bare simple pillars.

across, and the height of the vaulting is 1 21 ft.

She let go, dropping into a heap on the ground then vaulting to her feet and running.

The vaulting of the three portals is of exceptional depth owing to the projection of the lower storey of the facade.

The vaulting in the interior exceeds 150 ft.

The vaulting shows evidence of plank centering, and there is a mason's mark on the doorway.

1357, and is celebrated for the grandeur of its porch and cornice and the delicate stalactite vaulting which adorns them.

, with elaborate stalactite vaulting at the top, and the deep stalactite cornices which crown the summit of the building.

Synonyms:

bold, overreaching,

Antonyms:

gradual, backward, cowardly, afraid,