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vaulting

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vault·ing 1  (vôltng)
n.
1. The act or practice of constructing vaults.
2. The method of construction of a vault.
3.
a. A vault or vaulted structure.
b. Such structures considered as a group.

vault·ing 2  (vôltng)
adj.
1. Leaping upward or over.
2. Reaching too far; exaggerated: his vaulting ambition.
3. Employed in leaping over: a vaulting pole.

vaulting1
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) one or more vaults in a building or such structures considered collectively

vaulting2
adj (prenominal)
1. excessively confident; overreaching; exaggerated vaulting arrogance
2. used to vault a vaulting pole
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vaulting - (architecture) a vaulted structurevaulting - (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"
fan vaulting - an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge like fans
structure, construction - a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
2.vaulting - a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come downvaulting - a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
dressage - maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider
Adj.1.vaulting - revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"
bold - fearless and daring; "bold settlers on some foreign shore"; "a bold speech"; "a bold adventure"
Translations
vaulting [ˈvɔːltɪŋ]
A. N
1. (Archit) → abovedado m
2. (Sport) → salto m con pértiga
B. CPD vaulting horse Npotro m (de madera)
vaulting
n (Archit) → Wölbung f


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He looked out through the side door in time to see a pair of long legs vaulting over the picket fence.
But when the time came he felt suddenly that he could accept the humiliation joyfully; and as he limped up the chancel, very small and insignificant beneath the lofty vaulting of the Cathedral, he offered consciously his deformity as a sacrifice to the God who loved him.
And yet Colette's was not a hell; it could not come, without vaulting hyperbole, under the rubric of a gilded saloon; and, if it was a sin to go there, the sin was merely local and municipal.
 
 
 
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