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vaulting |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr & vb n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten OF volter, vouter, F. vo[^u]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. 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. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. 2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as to vault a fence. I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vaulting \Vault"ing\, n. 1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction. 2. Act of one who vaults or leaps. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vaulting adj : revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition" [syn: {overreaching}] n 1: (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting" 2: a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down [syn: {curvet}]
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