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Vault \Vault\, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F. voltiger, It. voltare
to turn. See {Vault}, n., 4.]
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1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
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Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself. --Shak.
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Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree.
--Dryden.
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Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and
intrepidity of youth. --Addison.
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2. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
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Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF.
voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, 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}.]
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1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling
or canopy.
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The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray.
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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.
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The silent vaults of death. --Sandys.
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To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift.
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3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
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That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak.
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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.
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Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in
pronunciation.
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{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.
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Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F.
vo[^u]ter. See {Vault} an arch.]
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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.
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The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
--Webster
(1623).
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