Definitions for liernes

liernes li·erne

Spelling: [lee-urn]
IPA: /liˈɜrn/

Liernes is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in liernes (eeilnrs).

Definitions for liernes

noun

  1. an ornamental vaulting rib other than one springing from a pier or a ridge rib.

Origin of liernes

1835-45; French: binding timber, equivalent to li(er) to bind (Latin ligāre) + -erne

Examples for liernes

The lierne vault is very fine, and the bosses carved with beautiful foliage.

The vaulting is lierne vaulting, with short ribs, which connect the main ribs together.

Perpendicular windows have been inserted in south and west walls, and the lierne vaulting belongs to the same period.

To the north of this screen is a rather late Gothic chapel with apse of three sides and lierne vaulting.

Word Value for liernes
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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