Vault (v&add;lt; see Note, below), n.
[OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. voûte,
LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere,
volutum, to roll, to turn about. See Voluble, and cf.
Vault a leap, Volt a turn, Volute.]
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, use 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.
Shak.
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.
&fist; The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in
pronunciation.
Barrel, Cradle,
Cylindrical, 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, v. 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 (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Vaulted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaulting.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F.
voûter. 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).
Vault, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F.
voltiger, It. volt&?;re turn. See Vault,
n., 4.]
1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps
itself.
Shak.
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.
Vault (v&add;lt; see Note, below), n.
[OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. voûte,
LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere,
volutum, to roll, to turn about. See Voluble, and cf.
Vault a leap, Volt a turn, Volute.]
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, use 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.
Shak.
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.
&fist; The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in
pronunciation.
Barrel, Cradle,
Cylindrical, 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, v. 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 (?), v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Vaulted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vaulting.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F.
voûter. 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).
Vault, v. i. [Cf. OF. volter, F.
voltiger, It. volt&?;re turn. See Vault,
n., 4.]
1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps
itself.
Shak.
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.
