- vault|er
- vault1 «vawlt», noun, verb.–n.1. a) an arched masonry or concrete structure built so that the parts support each other, serving as a roof or covering over a space; series of arches. b) an arched roof or ceiling. c) Figurative. something like an arched roof, especially the sky: »
Heaven's ebon vault, Studded with stars (Shelley).
2. an underground cellar or storehouse: »He went into the inner vault where he kept his choicest wines (Samuel Butler).
3. a place for storing valuable things and keeping them safe. Vaults are often made of steel. »A paper currency is employed when there is no bullion in the vaults (Emerson).
4. a) an arched space under the floor of a church; crypt. b) a place for burial: »to be buried in the family vault.
5. a natural cavern or cave.6. Anatomy. an arched structure, especially the skull.–v.t.1. to make in the form of a vault: »The roof was vaulted.
2. Figurative. to set or extend like a vault: »Hateful is the dark-blue sky Vaulted o'er the dark-blue sea (Tennyson).
3. to cover with a vault.╂[< Old French voulte, vaulte < Vulgar Latin volvita, noun use of volvitus, for Latin volūtus, feminine past participle of volvere to roll]–vault´like´, adjective.vault2 «vawlt», verb, noun.–v.t.1. to jump or leap over by using a pole or the hands: »He vaulted the fence.
2. to mount (a horse) by leaping.–v.i.to jump or leap: »He vaulted over the wall.
–n.╂[alteration (influenced by vault1) of Middle French volter < Old French < Italian voltare < volta < Vulgar Latin volvita; see etym. under vault1 (Cf. ↑vault)]–vault|er, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.