noun
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
• Syn: ↑Gothic
• Hypernyms: ↑architectural style, ↑style of architecture, ↑type of architecture
• Hyponyms: ↑perpendicular, ↑perpendicular style, ↑English-Gothic, ↑English-Gothic architecture
Useful english dictionary. 2012.