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Vault :: Vault (v. t.) 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..

Vaut :: Vaut (n.) A vault; a leap.

Vaulty :: Vaulty (a.) Arched; concave.

Concave :: Concave (a.) Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky..

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

Bivaulted :: Bivaulted (a.) Having two vaults or arches.

Cross-springer :: Cross-springer (n.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.].

Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..

Cell :: Cell (n.) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

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..

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..

Tracer/y :: Tracer/y (n.) A similar decoration in some styles of vaulting, the ribs of the vault giving off the minor bars of which the tracery is composed..

Vaultage :: Vaultage (n.) Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar..

Testudinated :: Testudinated (a.) Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

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

Vauty :: Vauty (a.) Vaulted.

Imbow :: Imbow (v. t.) To make like a bow; to curve; to arch; to vault; to embow.

Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast..

Drift :: Drift (n.) The horizontal thrust or pressure of an arch or vault upon the abutments.

Scaphocephaly :: Scaphocephaly (n.) A deformed condition of the skull, in which the vault is narrow, elongated, and more or less boat-shaped..

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