Vault

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Vault

Vault : கவிகை மாடம்

Vault definition

Noun.

  1. An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
  2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar.
  3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
  4. A leap or bound.
  5. The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
  6. A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like.
  7. To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring.
  8. To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.

Transitive verb. 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.

Intransitive verb. To leap over; Especially., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.