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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..

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..

Vault :: Vault (v. t.) 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..

Ogive :: Ogive (n.) The arch or rib which crosses a Gothic vault diagonally.

Vaulter :: Vaulter (n.) One who vaults; a leaper; a tumbler.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut..

Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Imbowment :: Imbowment (n.) act of imbowing; an arch; a vault.

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..

Imbow :: Imbow (v. t.) To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.

Triforium :: Triforium (n.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows..

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..

Center :: Center (n.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.

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..

Vault :: Vault (n.) To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Groined :: Groined (a.) Built with groins; as, a groined ceiling; a groined vault..

Acrobatism :: Acrobatism (n.) Feats of the acrobat; daring gymnastic feats; high vaulting.

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..

Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like..

Vault :: Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

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