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Voltigeur :: Voltigeur (n.) A tumbler; a leaper or vaulter.

Tomb :: Tomb (n.) A house or vault, formed wholly or partly in the earth, with walls and a roof, for the reception of the dead..

Rib :: Rib (n.) In Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like..

Azure :: Azure (n.) The blue vault above; the unclouded sky.

Vault :: Vault (n.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

Cameration :: Cameration (n.) A vaulting or arching over.

Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..

Severy :: Severy (n.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.

Concamerate :: Concamerate (v. t.) To arch over; to vault.

Demivolt :: Demivolt (n.) A half vault; one of the seven artificial motions of a horse, in which he raises his fore legs in a particular manner..

Sky :: Sky (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural..

Vaulted :: Vaulted (imp. & p. p.) of Vaul.

Triforium :: Triforium (n.) The gallery or open space between the vaulting and the roof of the aisles of a church, often forming a rich arcade in the interior of the church, above the nave arches and below the clearstory windows..

Vauty :: Vauty (a.) Vaulted.

Vault :: Vault (n.) The canopy of heaven; the sky.

Boss :: Boss (n.) A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations..

Summer :: Summer (n.) A large stone or beam placed horizontally on columns, piers, posts, or the like, serving for various uses. Specifically: (a) The lintel of a door or window. (b) The commencement of a cross vault. (c) A central floor timber, as a girder, or a piece reaching from a wall to a girder. Called also summertree..

Catabasion :: Catabasion (n.) A vault under altar of a Greek church.

Abutment :: Abutment (n.) The solid part of a pier or wall, etc., which receives the thrust or lateral pressure of an arch, vault, or strut..

Galea :: Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell..

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