Defn: The surface formed by two such vaults.
4. A frame of woodwork across a beach to accumulate and retain shingle. [Eng.] Weale.
GROIN
Groin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Groined; p. pr. & vb. n. Groining.]
(Arch.)
Defn: To fashion into groins; to build with groins.
The hand that rounded Peter's dome, And groined the aisles of
Christian Rome, Wrought in a sad sincerity. Emerson.
GROINED
Groined, a. (Arch.)
Defn: Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault.
GROLIER
Gro"lier`, n.
Defn: The name by which Jean Grolier de Servier (1479-1565), a French bibliophile, is commonly known; — used in naming a certain style of binding, a design, etc.
Grolier binding, a book binding decorated with a pattern imitated from those given covers of books bound for Jean Grolier, and bearing his name and motto. —Grolier design or school, the pattern of interlacing bars, bands, or ribbons, with little scrolls of slender gold lines, assumed to be an imitation of the designs on Jean Grolier's book bindings.
GROMET
Grom"et, n.