Definition of vault

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Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..

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Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..
Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap or bound.
Crypt :: Crypt (n.) A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory..
Vault :: Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.
Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..
Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..
Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.
Sky :: Sky (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural..
Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.
Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].
Vault :: Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..
Formeret :: Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.
Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..
Bivaulted :: Bivaulted (a.) Having two vaults or arches.
Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.
Carnary :: Carnary (n.) A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house..
Vaulter :: Vaulter (n.) One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler.
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