🦵 Hip-thigh area 🌊 Shore barrier 🏛️ Vault intersection ⚽ To hit below 🏗️ To build arches

to groin

9.9

To make a ceiling where two arches cross

verb
/ɡrɔɪn/

Specialized

: construir una bóveda de arista

The medieval cathedral was carefully groined to create its impressive vaulted ceilings.

Examples

Modern architects sometimes groin ceilings to add structural strength and distinctive beauty.
In the restoration, specialists meticulously groined the arches to match the original style.
The architect decided to groin the ceiling with elegant arches.
They groined the vault using intricate stonework.
The skilled builders groined the dome to ensure its strength and aesthetic appeal.
To create the stunning ceiling, the craftsmen groined the arches with precision and care.
They had to groin the vaults properly to maintain the historical integrity of the structure.

Compounds

tender groin

1 7.0

A painful area where the leg meets the lower belly, often from a strain or injury

Surface Forms

groin infinitive

groined past

groined past participle

groining present participle

groins third person singular

Etymology

The verb groin (seen as groined) comes from the architectural noun for that curved intersection, so to 'groin' a ceiling is to form those crossing vaults.