[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vault \vault\ vaddlt, v. t. imp.  p. p. vaulted; p. pr.
    vb. n. vaulting. oe. vouten, of. volter, vouter, f.
   vo^uter. see vault an arch.
   1913 webster
   1. to form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give
      the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, to vault a roof; to
      vault a passage to a court.
      1913 webster

            the shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
                                                  --sir w.
                                                  scott.
      1913 webster

   2. see vault, v. i. to leap over; esp., to leap over by
      aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
      1913 webster

            i will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
                                                  --webster
                                                  1623.
      1913 webster
see also:
vaulted vaulting vault 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vault \vault\ vaddlt; see note, below, n. oe. voute, of.
   voute, volte, f. vo^ute, ll. volta, for voluta, volutio,
   fr. l. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. see
   voluble, and cf. vault a leap, volt a turn, volute.
   1913 webster
   1. arch. an arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling
      or canopy.
      1913 webster

            the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --gray.
      1913 webster

   2. an arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, used
      for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the
      like; a cell; a cellar. "charnel vaults." --milton.
      1913 webster

            the silent vaults of death.           --sandys.
      1913 webster

            to banish rats that haunt our vault.  --swift.
      1913 webster

   3. the canopy of heaven; the sky.
      1913 webster

            that heaven's vault should crack.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   4. f. volte, it. volta, originally, a turn, and the same
      word as volta an arch. see the etymology above. a leap or
      bound. specifically:
      a man. the bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
      b a leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard,
          or the like.
          1913 webster

   note: the l in this word was formerly often suppressed in
         pronunciation.
         1913 webster

   barrel vault, cradle vault, cylindrical vault, or
   wagon vault arch., a kind of vault having two parallel
      abutments, and the same section or profile at all points.
      it may be rampant, as over a staircase see rampant
      vault, under rampant, or curved in plan, as around the
      apse of a church.

   coved vault. arch. see under 1st cove, v. t.

   groined vault arch., a vault having groins, that is, one
      in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one
      another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault.
      

   rampant vault. arch. see under rampant.

   ribbed vault arch., a vault differing from others in
      having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted
      surface. true gothic vaults are of this character.

   vault light, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement
      or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.
      1913 webster
see also:
voluble vault volt volute barrel vault cradle vault 
cylindrical vault wagon vault rampant vault rampant coved vault 
cove groined vault rampant vault ribbed vault vault light 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

vault \vault\, v. i. cf. of. volter, f. voltiger, it. voltare
   to turn. see vault, n., 4.
   1913 webster
   1. to leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
      1913 webster

            vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --shak.
      1913 webster

            leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

            lucan vaulted upon pegasus with all the heat and
            intrepidity of youth.                 --addison.
      1913 webster

   2. to exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
      1913 webster
see also:
vault 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

vault
     n 1: a burial chamber usually underground syn: burial vault
     2: a strongroom or compartment often made of steel for
        safekeeping of valuables syn: bank vault
     3: an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
     4: the act of jumping over an obstacle syn: hurdle
     v 1: jump across or leap over an obstacle syn: overleap
     2: bound vigorously
see also:
burial vault bank vault hurdle overleap 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

334 moby thesaurus words for "vault":
   caelus, fort knox, highland fling, air, anabasis, and jump, apse,
   arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archives, archway, armory,
   arsenal, ascend, ascension, ascent, attic, azure, bank, barrow,
   basement, bay, beehive tomb, bend, bend back, bin, blue sky,
   bob up, bonded warehouse, bone house, bookcase, booth, bounce,
   bound, bow, box, box grave, break water, broad jump, buck,
   buckjump, bunker, burial, burial chamber, burial mound, bursary,
   buttery, caelum, camber, canopy, canopy of heaven, capriole,
   cargo dock, cash register, cashbox, catacomb, catacombs, cavity,
   ceilinged roof, cell, cellar, cellule, cenotaph, cerulean, chamber,
   charnel house, chest, cist, cist grave, clamber, clear, climb,
   climbing, closet, coffer, coin box, compartment, concameration,
   concha, conservatory, cope, cove, crate, crib, cromlech, crook,
   crypt, cupboard, cupola, curl, curve, curvet, decurve, deep six,
   deflect, demivolt, depository, depot, dock, dokhma, dolmen, dome,
   drawer, dump, elevation, embow, empyrean, enclosed space, escalade,
   ether, exchequer, firmament, fisc, flex, float up, fly up,
   flying jump, fountain, galliard, gelandesprung, geodesic dome,
   glory hole, godown, gold depository, grand jete, grave, gush,
   gyring up, handspring, heaven, heavens, high jump, hippety-hop,
   hold, hole, hollow, hook, hop, house of death, hump, hunch, hurdle,
   hutch, hyaline, igloo, increase, incurvate, incurve, inflect, jet,
   jete, jig, jump, jump over, jump shot, jump turn, jump up,
   jump-hop, jump-off, keystone, last home, lavolta, leap, leap over,
   leap up, leapfrog, levitation, library, lift, lifts, locker,
   long home, long jump, loop, lop, low green tent, low house,
   lumber room, lumberyard, magasin, magazine, manger, mastaba,
   mausoleum, money chest, monstrance, morris, mount, mounting,
   mummy chamber, narrow house, negotiate, ogive, ossuarium, ossuary,
   over, overjump, overleap, overskip, passage grave, penny bank, pew,
   piggy bank, pit, pole vault, pop up, pork barrel, pounce,
   pounce on, pounce upon, public crib, public till, public treasury,
   public trough, pyramid, rack, recurve, reflect, reflex, reliquary,
   repertory, repository, reservoir, resting place, retroflex, rick,
   rise, rising, rocket, rocketing up, round, running broad jump,
   running high jump, safe, safe-deposit box, sag, saltation,
   saut de basque, sepulcher, shaft grave, shelf, shoot up,
   shooting up, shrine, skewback, ski jump, skip, sky, skyrocket,
   soar, soaring, span, spout, spring, spring up, spurt, stack,
   stack room, stall, starry heaven, start, start aside, start up,
   steeplechase, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom,
   strong room, strongbox, stupa, subtreasury, supply base,
   supply depot, surface, surge, surmount, swag, sweep, takeoff,
   taking off, tank, the blue, the blue serene, till, tomb, tope,
   tour jete, tower of silence, treasure house, treasure room,
   treasure-house, treasury, tumulus, turn, upclimb, upcoming, updive,
   updraft, upgang, upgo, upgoing, upgrade, upgrowth, uphill, upleap,
   uplift, upping, uprisal, uprise, uprising, uprush, upshoot,
   upslope, upspear, upspring, upstart, upsurge, upsurgence, upsweep,
   upswing, vat, vault of heaven, vault up, vaulting, voussoir,
   warehouse, welkin, wind, wine cellar, zooming

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Pole Vault, definition of term: Pole Vault
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Barrel Vault >> B Words
Barrel Vault, definition of term: Barrel Vault
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