wagon roof

noun

1. barrel vault.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wagon roof¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

We adjourned to the music-room after dinner, an apartment paneled in cedar-wood and with a wagon roof, and Juanita played and sang to us for a time.

From Project Gutenberg

Enter, and above the dwelling-rooms you shall find a chamber with wagon roof and window facing south.

From Project Gutenberg

The hall is regularly used by the public; and local authorities with long and honourable history still deliberate in the ancient court-room, with its wagon roof, its arch beams, its wainscoted walls, and the Boston coat-of-arms and the table of Boston Mayors since 1545 proudly displayed to view.

From Project Gutenberg

G.M. engineers raised the rear two-thirds of the wagon roof by four inches, installed long narrow windows in the front and on the sides.

From Time Magazine Archive

After supper the wagon was partly unloaded, the feather bed laid upon the planks under the wagon roof and spread with blankets.

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