Vault

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1. Noun

An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

2. Noun

An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.

3. Noun

The canopy of heaven; the sky.

4. Noun

A leap or bound.

5. Noun

The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

6. Noun

A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

7. Verb

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.

8. Verb

To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

9. Noun

To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.

10. Noun

To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
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