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Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F.
vo[^u]ter. See {Vault} an arch.]
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1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give
the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, to vault a roof; to
vault a passage to a court.
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The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
--Webster
(1623).
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Vaulting \Vault"ing\, n.
1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
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2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.
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