lierne
/lɪˈɜːn/noun
usu. as modifier
- Architecture (in vaulting) a short rib connecting the bosses and intersections of the principal ribs【建筑】(拱形结构的)枝肋:
a fine lierne vault.
很漂亮的枝肋拱顶。
词源
late Middle English: from French, perhaps a transferred use of dialect lierne (standard French liane) 'clematis'.