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What does groining mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word groining? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. present participle of groin
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Its vaulting was pointed, with groining resting on columns, whose capitals were either Romanesque or Gothic.
The groining of its roof is the only one of the sort I have seen, it is composed of parallel ribs which cross one another.
The groining is all quadripartite, without ribs, but with plain bold transverse arches between the bays.
The name rang savagely in the groining of the arch, echoed dully in the obscurity in which the fierce struggle went on.
Over the main entrance is a vaulted dome, with a neat piece of groining in granite, also made by the convicts.
In the side-aisles there is no groining, but only cross vaulting.

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