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lacunar
Latin name in architecture for a panelled or coffered ceiling or soffit. The word is derived from lacuna, a cavity or hollow, a blank, hiatus or gap. The panels or coffers of a ceiling are by Vitruvius called lacunaria.
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lacunar a panelled or coffered ceiling or soffit; derived from the latin word lacuna meaning hollow or recess. Coffers of a ceiling are sometimes referred to as lacunaria.
lancet A narrow pointed window.

Lacunar - Latin name in architecture for paneled or coffered ceiling, soffit, or vault adorned with a pattern of recessed paneled.
Lancet window - Window with a pointed arch ...

There is no frieze in the Caryatide portico of the Erechtheum, but in the Ionic temples its introduction may have been necessitated in consequence of more height being required in the entablature to carry the beams supporting the lacunaria over the ...

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Under the pitch of the roof ran a ceiling cloth, which looked just as nice as a whitewashed ceiling.

See also: Architecture, Hall, Floor, Ceiling, Ground

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