nave
IPA: nˈeɪv
noun
- (architecture) The middle or body of a church, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances.
- (architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
- A hub of a wheel.
- (obsolete) The navel.
- A surname.
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Examples of "nave" in Sentences
- The nave and the aisles were cross vaulted.
- The roof of the nave is of Moorish plaster work.
- The parapets of the aisles and nave are embattled.
- Unusually the roof of the nave has dormer windows.
- The roof of the nave is of red deal and the pews are oak.
- In the 13th century, the arcade of the triple nave was walled in.
- Between the nave and the aisles are square piers supporting Tuscan columns.
- In the paving of the center aisle of the nave is a large circular labyrinth.
- The earliest part is the west end of the nave, followed by the south arcade.
- In the paving of the center, aisle of the nave is a large circular labyrinth.
- The span of the nave is broad and a little low, in keeping with its parent style.
- A long narrow nave is flanked by graceful arcades of beautifully-proportioned arches.
- Above the central nave is Michelangelo's dome, 139 feet in diameter and 396 feet high.
- The word nave comes from the Latin word for ship – hence our modern word naval, as in naval officer.
- 400 A.D. “the house of the believers is long in shape like a ship hence nave from the Latin navis and directed towards the east.”
- The bells have stopped, the censers are swinging, and the nave is full of people; their heavy feet have hidden the labyrinth's tiled lobes.
- It is most probably called the nave from the Latin _navis_, signifying a ship, the same word from which we get our English "navy" and "naval."
- Beyond the northern and southern piles, a balustrade, terminated on either side by the thrones of the emperor and the patriarch, divided the nave from the choir; and the space, as far as the steps of the altar, was occupied by the clergy and singers.