vault : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
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• (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel abutments, and the same section or profile at all points. It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see Rampant vault, under Rampant), or curved in plan, as around the apse of a church.

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• noun the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
  

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• noun a burial chamber (usually underground)
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• a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.

Webster 1913

Cross"-vault`ing noun

Definitions

1. (Arch.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

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• . (Arch.) See under Vault, n.

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• noun an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
  

WordNet

• (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is peculiar to English Gothic.

Webster 1913

• noun two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles
  

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• (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault.

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• noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
  pole vault; pole jump; pole jumping.
  

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• noun a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
  pole vault; pole jump; pole jumping.
  

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• (Arch.), a continuous wagon vault, or cradle vault, whose two abutments are located on an inclined planed plane, such as the vault supporting a stairway, or forming the ceiling of a stairway.

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• (Arch.), the parts between the crown andd the spring or abutment, including, and having especial reference to, the loading or filling behind the shell of the vault. The reins are to a vault nearly what the haunches are to an arch, and when a vault gives way by thrusting outward, it is because its reins are not sufficiently filled up.

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• noun vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches
  

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• (Arch.), a vault differing from others in having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character.

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• a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.

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• noun the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected
  firmament; welkin; empyrean; sphere; celestial sphere; heavens.
  

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• noun a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting
  buck; long horse.
  

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• . (Arch.) See under 1st Vault.

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• . (a) A vault where wine is stored. (b) A place where wine is served at the bar, or at tables; a dramshop. Dickens.

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