diagonal rib

Whipcord has a hard smooth finish with diagonal ribs.

Indian and European shawls feature the diagonal ribs of twill-weave tapestry.

Unlike that of the Lower Church, it is only the diagonal ribs which are of semi-circular form.

In France, on the other hand, the web courses were always laid horizontally, and they are therefore of unequal height, increasing towards the diagonal rib.

Early ribbed vaults are quadripartite, that is, each bay is divided into four compartments by diagonal ribs.

The transverse ribs are pointed in the Gothic manner, and thus rise to the full height of the wider diagonal ribs.

The gill opercula have a diagonal rib and the anterolateral angles of the mesonotum have distance processes.

Secondary arched diagonal ribs, called tiercerons, span from the springers to the transverse ridge ribs.

Gabardine is woven as a warp-faced steep or regular twill, with a prominent diagonal rib on the face and smooth surface on the back.

The fabric's diagonal rib was regarded as an esthetically pleasing contrast to the embroidery, although sometimes it was brushed before working to create a smoother nap.

Sexpartite vault, in architecture, is a rib vault divided into six bays by two diagonal ribs and three transverse ribs.

He looked out through the small hole and found that the piece he had been trying to move was attached to a diagonal rib running across a corner on the outside.

Scanlon's lamp was sending down enough light from above to show the first sling, which he had hung as a stirrup from one of the gussets where the diagonal ribs crossed.

One was to have the centre point where the diagonal ribs met as the highest point, with the infil of all the surfaces sloping upwards towards it, in a domical manner.

The so-called Parler's vaults or net-vaults have double (not single, as in classic High Gothic groin vaults) diagonal ribs that span the width of the choir-bay.

On each side, three longitudinal and very long chord ribs, plus a stiffening diagonal rib that ran to the rear end of the side wing, formed the aerofoil section of these wings.

Each compartment is divided up into small square panels, crossed by diagonal ribs of cresting, while every joint is ornamented with a boss carved in the decorative way peculiar to the Gothic craftsman.

In ribbed vaults, not only are there ribs spanning the vaulted area transversely, but each vaulted bay has diagonal ribs, following the same course as the groins in a groin vault.

The medieval builder reversed the process, and set up the diagonal ribs first, which were utilized as permanent centres, and on these he carried his vault or web, which henceforward took its shape from the ribs.

Human skeleton of supports, from the compound piers all the way up to the springing and transverse and diagonal ribs, allowed large spaces of the cathedral to be free for stained glass work, as well as a towering height.

Arched diagonal ribs span from piers between the windows, from springers to the central bosses, and arched transverse ribs (alternate horizontal lines) span from the springers to the main longitudinal ridge rib.

A light keel of laminated and glued withe was shaped around pegs; ribs were bent and lashed into place; diagonal ribs were attached to these, then me whole frame was covered with four layers of varnished pad-skin.

The exterior of the cathedral is of neo-Gothic influence with pointed arch windows decorated with stained glass, buress and pinnacles while the interior is influenced by the Gothic style with its ceiling that looks like a diagonal rib vault.

The cellar below is of the same date and is the best preserved medieval cellar in Oxford; originally entered by stone steps from the street, it has a stone vault divided into four sections by two diagonal ribs, with carved corbels.

In some English work each course of stone was of uniform height from one side to the other; but, as the diagonal rib was longer than either the transverse or wall rib, the courses dipped towards the former, and at the apex of the vault were cut to fit one another.