VAULT, noun [Latin vultus; a derivative of Latin volvo, volutus.] 1. A continued arch, or an arched roof. Vaults are of various kinds, circular, elliptical, single, double, cross, diagonal, Gothic, etc. 2. A cellar. To banish rats that haunt our vault 3. A cave or cavern. The silent vaults of death, unknown to light. 4. A repository for the dead. 5. In the manege, the leap or a horse. VAULT, verb transitive To arch; to form with a vault; or to cover with a vault; as, to vault a passage to a court. VAULT, verb intransitive 1. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. VAULTing ambition, which o'erleaps itself - Leaning on his lance, he vaulted on a tree. Lucan vaulted upon Pegasus with all the heat and intrepidity of youth. 2. To tumble; to exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping.
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