Definition of vault

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Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.

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Springer :: Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting..
Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.
Vaultage :: Vaultage (n.) Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar..
Vaut :: Vaut (n.) A vault; a leap.
Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy..
Fornicated :: Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.
Leap :: Leap (v. i.) To spring clear of the ground, with the feet; to jump; to vault; as, a man leaps over a fence, or leaps upon a horse..
Envault :: Envault (v. t.) To inclose in a vault; to entomb.
Vaulting :: Vaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaul.
Vault :: Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence..
Vauty :: Vauty (a.) Vaulted.
Groined :: Groined (a.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault..
Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Covered with an arch, or vault..
Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
Acrobatism :: Acrobatism (n.) Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.
Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.
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..
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..
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..
Catabasion :: Catabasion (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church.
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