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Webster 1913 Edition
Vault
Vault
(va̤lt; see Note, below)
, Noun.
1.
(Arch.)
An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
The long-drawn aisle and fretted
vault
. Gray.
2.
An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, used for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
“Charnel vaults.” Milton.
The silent
vaults
of death. Sandys.
To banish rats that haunt our
vault
. Swift.
3.
The canopy of heaven; the sky.
That heaven’s
vault
should crack. Shakespeare
4.
[F.
volte
, It. volta
, originally, a turn, and the same word as volta
an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or bound.
Specifically: – (a)
(Man.)
The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
(b)
A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
☞ The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in pronunciation.
Barrel vault
, Cradle vault
, Cylindrical vault
, or
Wagon vault
(Arch.)
, a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see
– Rampant vault
, under Rampant
), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church. Coved vault
. (Arch.)
See under 1st
– Cove
, Verb.
T.
Groined vault
(Arch.)
, a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault.
– Rampant vault
. (Arch.)
See under
– Rampant
. Ribbed vault
(Arch.)
, a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character.
– Vault light
, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.
Vault
(va̤lt)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vaulted
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaulting
.] 1.
To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch;
as, to
. vault
a roof; to vault
a passage to a courtThe shady arch that
vaulted
the broad green alley. Sir W. Scott.
2.
[See ]
Vault
, Verb.
I.
To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole;
as, to
. vault
a fenceI will
vault
credit, and affect high pleasures. Webster (1623).
1.
To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Vaulting
ambition, which o'erleaps itself. Shakespeare
Leaning on his lance, he
vaulted
on a tree. Dryden.
Lucan
vaulted
upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. Addison.
2.
To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
Webster 1828 Edition
Vault
VAULT
,Noun.
1.
A continued arch, or an arched roof. Vaults are of various kinds, circular, elliptical, single, double, cross, diagonal, Gothic, &c.2.
A cellar.To banish rats that haunt our vault.
3.
A cave or cavern.The silent vaults of death, unknown to light.
4.
A repository for the dead.5.
In the manege, the leap or a horse.VAULT
,Verb.
T.
VAULT
, v.i.1.
To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itself -
Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree.
Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth.
2.
To tumble; to exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping.Definition 2024
vault
vault
English
A vault scheme
Noun
vault (plural vaults)
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
- Gray
- the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- Jonathan Swift
- to banish rats that haunt our vault
- Jonathan Swift
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
- Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.
- (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
- (obsolete) A underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
- (obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
- The bank kept their money safe in a large vault.
- (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
Synonyms
- (outhouse or lavatory): See Wikisaurus:bathroom
Hyponyms
Hyponyms of vault
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Translations
an arched masonry structure
any structure resembling a vault
an underground storeroom
crypt — see crypt
outhouse — see outhouse
lavatory — see toilet
a secure area for valuables
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References
Verb
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
- (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
- Sir Walter Scott
- The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
- Sir Walter Scott
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
Verb
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.
- The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.
Derived terms
Translations
to jump
Noun
vault (plural vaults)
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
- (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
Translations
a jump
gymnastics event