(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:52:39

Lierne" rib` (?). [F. lierne.] Arch.

In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another.

 

© Webster 1913.

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