Groined

/ɡrɔɪnd/

Translation of "groined" into Russian

Adjective

/ɡrɔɪnd/

groined

more groined Comp.

most groined Super.

The cathedral has a groined ceiling.

У собора сводчатый потолок.

Verb

To build or supply (a shoreline or riverbank) with groins in order to control erosion or trap sediment.

Engineers plan to groin the beach next spring to reduce sand loss.

To form (a vault or ceiling) with intersecting ribs.

Medieval masons groined the nave to achieve greater structural strength.

Adjective

/ɡrɔɪnd/

Having groins; especially, built with or resembling a groin vault formed by the intersection of two barrel vaults.

The nave was covered by a series of lofty groined vaults.

Equipped with groins (protective walls) along a shoreline.

A long stretch of the groined beach was protected from erosion.

Past Participle

(Of a vault, ceiling, etc.) constructed with groins or intersecting ribs.

Visitors gazed up at the richly painted groined ceiling.