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lierne
2 English words descend from French
lierne
, most common first.
lierne
A cross-shaped rib of an ogival vault.
lierne rib
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.