arch rib

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arch rib [′ärch ‚rib]

(civil engineering)

One of a set of projecting molded members subdividing the undersurface of an arch.

arch rib

1. In Romanesque architecture, a transverse rib crossing the nave or aisle at right angles to its length.

2. A principal load-bearing member of a ribbed arch.

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