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[vawlt] 
,–noun
| 1. | an arched structure, usually made of stones, concrete, or bricks, forming a ceiling or roof over a hall, room, sewer, or other wholly or partially enclosed construction. |
| 2. | an arched structure resembling a vault. |
| 3. | a space, chamber, or passage enclosed by a vault or vaultlike structure, esp. one located underground. |
| 4. | an underground chamber, as a cellar or a division of a cellar. |
| 5. | a room or compartment, often built of or lined with steel, reserved for the storage and safekeeping of valuables, esp. such a place in a bank. |
| 6. | a strong metal cabinet, usually fireproof and burglarproof, for the storage and safekeeping of valuables, important papers, etc. |
| 7. | a burial chamber. |
| 8. | Anatomy. an arched roof of a cavity. |
| 9. | something likened to an arched roof: the vault of heaven. |
–verb (used with object)
| 10. | to construct or cover with a vault. |
| 11. | to make in the form of a vault; arch. |
| 12. | to extend or stretch over in the manner of an arch; overarch: An arbor vaulted the path. |
| 13. | to store in a vault: The paintings will be vaulted when the museum is closed. |
–verb (used without object)
| 14. | to curve or bend in the form of a vault. |
Origin:
1300–50; (n.) alter. of ME voute < OF vou(l)te, volte < VL *volvita, for L volūta, n. use of fem. ptp. of L volvere to turn (see revolve ); (v.) alter. of ME vouten < OF vou(l)ter, volter, deriv. of vou(l)te, volte
1300–50; (n.) alter. of ME voute < OF vou(l)te, volte < VL *volvita, for L volūta, n. use of fem. ptp. of L volvere to turn (see revolve ); (v.) alter. of ME vouten < OF vou(l)ter, volter, deriv. of vou(l)te, volte
Related forms:
vaultlike, adjective
vault
2 [vawlt] ,–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to leap or spring, as to or from a position or over something: He vaulted over the tennis net. |
| 2. | to leap with the hands supported by something, as by a horizontal pole. |
| 3. | Gymnastics. to leap over a vaulting or pommel horse, using the hands for pushing off. |
| 4. | to arrive at or achieve something as if by a spring or leap: to vault into prominence. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to leap over: to vault a fence. |
| 6. | to cause to leap over or surpass others: Advertising has vaulted the new perfume into first place. |
–noun
| 7. | the act of vaulting. |
| 8. | a leap of a horse; curvet. |
| 9. | Gymnastics. a running jump over a vaulting or pommel horse, usually finishing with an acrobatic dismount. |
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| vault 1 (vôlt) n.
[Middle English vaute, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *volvita, volta, from feminine of *volvitus, arched, alteration of Latin volūtus, past participle of volvere, to roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
| vault 2 (vôlt) v. vault·ed, vault·ing, vaults v. tr. To jump or leap over, especially with the aid of a support such as the hands or a pole. v. intr.
[Obsolete French volter, from Old French, from Old Italian voltare, from Vulgar Latin *volvitāre, frequentative of Latin volvere, to turn, roll; see wel-2 in Indo-European roots.] vault'er n. |
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Vault
Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, 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. Note: 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
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).Vault
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.
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Language Translation for : vault
Spanish:
sótano; bodega,
German:
das Gewölbe,
Japanese:
アーチ形天井
vault (n.)
"arched roof or ceiling," c.1300, vaute, from O.Fr. voute "arch, vaulted roof," from V.L. *volta, contraction of *volvita, noun use of fem. of *volvitus, alteration of L. volutus "bowed, arched," pp. of volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see vulva). The -l- appeared in Eng. c.1400.
vault (v.)
"jump or leap over," 1531 (implied in vaulting), from M.Fr. volter "to gambol, leap," from It. voltare "to turn," from V.L. *volvitare "to turn, leap," frequentative of L. volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see vulva).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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