lierne rib

English

Etymology

French lierne.

Noun

lierne rib (plural lierne ribs)

  1. (architecture) In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.

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