Sharp edge at the meeting of two compartments (cells) of a groin-vault.Groin-vault ...
[10] A groin-vaulted crypt beneath the main barrel-vaulted hall was intended as a pantheon of generals exhibited here in effigy. In addition, it functioned as a herġon, since the bones of Frederick the Great were to be placed in the building.[11] ...
In the great Roman thermae (baths) and basilicas (law courts and markets), rows of square groin-vaulted bays (or units) provided vast rooms lighted by clerestory windows high on the long sides under the vaults.
 See also: Architecture, Vault, Groin, Barrel, Classical
  
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