meaning of vault
1. An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
4. A leap or bound.
5. The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
6. A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
7. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
8. To leap over; esp. , to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
9. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
10. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
11. the act of jumping over an obstacle
Related Words
vault | vault of heaven | vaultage | vaulted | vaulter | vaulting | vaulting horse | vaulty |
