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vaulted |
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]: Vaulted \Vault"ed\, a. 1. Arched; concave; as a vaulted roof. 2. Covered with an arch, or vault. 3. (Bot.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: vaulted adj : having a hemispherical vault or dome [syn: {domed}]
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