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Vault :: Vault (n.) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like..

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

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

Vaut :: Vaut (v. i.) To vault; to leap.

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..

Corona :: Corona (n.) A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis..

Vault :: Vault (v. i.) To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence..

Fornix :: Fornix (n.) An arch or fold; as, the fornix, or vault, of the cranium; the fornix, or reflection, of the conjuctiva..

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

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..

Alveated :: Alveated (a.) Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

Cross-vaulting :: Cross-vaulting (n.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

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..

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..

Crypt :: Crypt (n.) A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory..

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

Bay :: Bay (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers..

Carnary :: Carnary (n.) A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house..

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..

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