Vault

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A leap or bound.

II. Vault ·noun The canopy of heaven; the sky.

III. Vault ·noun The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.

IV. Vault ·noun An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.

V. Vault ·noun A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.

VI. Vault ·noun To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to Tumble.

VII. Vault ·vi To leap over; ·esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.

VIII. Vault ·noun To Leap; to Bound; to Jump; to Spring.

IX. Vault ·noun An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.

X. Vault ·vt 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.