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Vaulting :: Vaulting (n.) Act of one who vaults or leaps.

Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

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

Vauty :: Vauty (a.) Vaulted.

Groin :: Groin (n.) The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults, growing more obtuse as it approaches the summit..

Welkin :: Welkin (n.) The visible regions of the air; the vault of heaven; the sky.

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..

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

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

Galea :: Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell..

Concave :: Concave (n.) A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Cell :: Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..

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..

Supercelestial :: Supercelestial (a.) Situated above the firmament, or great vault of heaven..

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..

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

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

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..

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