arc doubleau

arc doubleau

[′ärk ¦dü¦blō]

(architecture)

An arch, usually very massive, carried across a wide space, to support a groined vault or to stiffen a barrel vault.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

arc doubleau

An arch, usually very massive, carried across a wide space, to support a groined vault or to stiffen a barrel vault.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.