vaulter
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.
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.
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noun
7.
the act of vaulting.
8.
a leap of a horse; curvet.
9.
Gymnastics. a running jump over a vaulting horse or pommel horse, usually finishing with an acrobatic dismount.
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vault1 (vɔːlt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an arched structure that forms a roof or ceiling |
| 2. | a room, esp a cellar, having an arched roof down to floor level |
| 3. | a burial chamber, esp when underground |
| 4. | a strongroom for the safe-deposit and storage of valuables |
| 5. | an underground room or part of such a room, used for the storage of wine, food, etc |
| 6. | anatomy any arched or domed bodily cavity or space: the cranial vault |
| 7. | something suggestive of an arched structure, as the sky |
| —vb | |
| 8. | (tr) to furnish with or as if with an arched roof |
| 9. | (tr) to construct in the shape of a vault |
| 10. | (intr) to curve, arch, or bend in the shape of a vault |
| [C14: vaute, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin volvita (unattested) a turn, probably from Latin volvere to roll] | |
| 'vaultlike1 | |
| —adj | |
| vault2 (vɔːlt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to spring over (an object), esp with the aid of a long pole or with the hands resting on the object |
| 2. | (intr) to do, achieve, or attain something as if by a leap: he vaulted to fame on the strength of his discovery |
| 3. | dressage to perform or cause to perform a curvet |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act of vaulting |
| 5. | dressage a low leap; curvet |
| [C16: from Old French voulter to turn, from Italian voltare to turn, from Vulgar Latin volvitāre (unattested) to turn, leap; see | |
| 'vaulter2 | |
| —n | |
| vault2 (vɔːlt) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to spring over (an object), esp with the aid of a long pole or with the hands resting on the object |
| 2. | (intr) to do, achieve, or attain something as if by a leap: he vaulted to fame on the strength of his discovery |
| 3. | dressage to perform or cause to perform a curvet |
| —n | |
| 4. | the act of vaulting |
| 5. | dressage a low leap; curvet |
| [C16: from Old French voulter to turn, from Italian voltare to turn, from Vulgar Latin volvitāre (unattested) to turn, leap; see | |
| 'vaulter2 | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
vault
"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
"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).
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