vaulting Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (architecture) a vaulted structure
    • arches and vaulting
  2. noun a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
    curvet.
  3. verb jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
    vault; overleap.
  4. verb bound vigorously
    vault.
  5. adjective satellite revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
    overreaching.
    • vaulting ambition

WordNet


Vault"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
  2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.

Webster 1913