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Vault :: Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence..

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..

Formeret :: Formeret (n.) One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.

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.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

Vault :: Vault (n.) To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

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..

Cameration :: Cameration (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

Bivaulted :: Bivaulted (a.) Having two vaults or arches.

Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.

Scaphocephaly :: Scaphocephaly (n.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped..

Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap or bound.

Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

Vaut :: Vaut (n.) A vault; a leap.

Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

Voltigeur :: Voltigeur (n.) A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.

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

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

Tracer/y :: Tracer/y (n.) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed..

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