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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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..
Ridge :: Ridge (n.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault..
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..
Bivaulted :: Bivaulted (a.) Having two vaults or arches.
Acrobat :: Acrobat (n.) One who practices rope dancing, high vaulting, or other daring gymnastic feats..
Formeret :: Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.
Galea :: Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell..
Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.
Shroud :: Shroud (n.) A covered place used as a retreat or shelter, as a cave or den; also, a vault or crypt..
Vaulty :: Vaulty (a.) Arched; concave.
Cross-vaulting :: Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.
Groin :: Groin (n.) The surface formed by two such vaults.
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..
Vaulting :: Vaulting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Vaul.
Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Vault :: Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.
Fornicated :: Fornicated (a.) Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.
Echometry :: Echometry (n.) The art of constructing vaults to produce echoes.
Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers..
Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..
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