perpendicular style

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perpendicular style - a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting

English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture, perpendicular

Gothic architecture, Gothic - a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches

Tudor architecture - a style of English-Gothic architecture popular during the Tudor period; characterized by half-timbered houses

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