Definition of vault

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

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Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar..
Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Groined :: Groined (a.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault..
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..
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.].
Roof :: Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..
Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..
Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..
Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..
Bay :: Bay (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers..
Vaut :: Vaut (n.) A vault; a leap.
Groin :: Groin (n.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..
Acrobatism :: Acrobatism (n.) Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.
Corona :: Corona (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis..
Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.
Vault :: Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
Vauty :: Vauty (a.) Vaulted.
Cell :: Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
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