Definition of vault

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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..

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Azure :: Azure (n.) The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.
Vaulting :: Vaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaul.
Acrobat :: Acrobat (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats..
Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
Lierne Rib :: Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another..
Vauty :: Vauty (a.) Vaulted.
Fornicated :: Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.
Cross-vaulting :: Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
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..
Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.
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..
Vaulted :: Vaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Vaul.
Concamerate :: Concamerate (v. t.) To arch over; to vault.
Formeret :: Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.
Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like..
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..
Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.
Springer :: Springer (n.) The rib of a groined vault, as being the solid abutment for each section of vaulting..
Groin :: Groin (n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit..
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