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Warped web of a Gothic vault framed by a diagonal rib and stilted wall-rib, occurring when the wall-ribs are sprung from a higher level-than the diagonal ribs, as when accommodating clearstorey lights. As the web is distorted, twisted like a ploughshare, it is also called a plowshare vault.
Subjects: Architecture.
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