A vault scheme Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From Middle English vaute , vowte , from Old French volte (modern voûte ), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta , a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute ( “ spire ” ) ), the past participle of volvere ( “ roll, turn ” ) . Cognate with Spanish vuelta ( “ turn ” ) . Doublet of volute .
vault (plural vaults )
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling , whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building .
The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
Any arched ceiling or roof .
( figuratively ) Anything resembling such a downward -facing concave structure , particularly the sky and caves .
c. 1587–1588 , [Christopher Marlowe] , Tamburlaine the Great. [ … ] The First Part [ … ] , part 1, 2nd edition, London: [ … ] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, [ … ] , published 1592, →OCLC ; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN , Act I, scene ii :His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts . To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
c. 1603–1606 , William Shakespeare , “The Tragedie of King Lear ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , and Ed[ward] Blount , published 1623, →OCLC , [Act V, scene iii], page 308 :Had I your tongues and eyes, Il’d vſe them so, That Heauens vault ſhould crack: ſhe’s gone for euer.
1636 , George Sandys , “A Paraphrase upon Job” in A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems :
The ſilent vaults of Death, vnknowne to Light; And Hell it ſelfe, lye naked to his ſight.
1985 , Bible (NJB ), Genesis , 1:6:
God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’
The space covered by an arched roof , particularly underground rooms and ( Christianity , obsolete ) church crypts .
Any cellar or underground storeroom .
Any burial chamber , particularly those underground .
Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.
The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables ; similar rooms in other settings .
The bank kept their money safe in a large vault .
( often figurative ) Any archive of past content.
( computing ) An encrypted digital archive .
( obsolete ) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste ; a drain ; a sewer .
( obsolete ) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste ; a cistern ; a cesspit .
( obsolete , euphemistic ) A room employing a cesspit or sewer : an outhouse ; a lavatory .
Translations Edit
figuratively: anything resembling a vault
underground burial chamber
secure area for valuables
Czech: trezor m , sejf (cs) m
Dutch: kluis (nl) ( bank ) , kluizenkamer f
Finnish: holvi (fi) , kassaholvi , pankkiholvi (fi)
French: chambre forte (fr) f ( bank )
Georgian: საცავი ( sacavi ) , სეიფი ( seipi )
German: Tresor (de) m ( bank ) , Tresorraum (de) m , Stahlkammer f
Japanese: 金庫室 ( きんこしつ, kinkoshitsu )
Macedonian: тре́зор m ( trézor ) , сеф m ( sef )
Polish: skarbiec (pl) m inan
Russian: храни́лище (ru) n ( xranílišče ) , сейф (ru) m ( sejf )
Swedish: valv (sv) n , kassavalv (sv) n , bankvalv (sv) n
computing: encrypted digital archive
Translations to be checked: "translations to be checked"
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults , present participle vaulting , simple past and past participle vaulted )
( transitive ) To build as, or cover with a vault.
Translations Edit
to build as or cover with vault
Etymology 2 Edit
Borrowed from Middle French volter ( “ to turn or spin around; to frolic ” ) , borrowed from Italian voltare , itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere ; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults , present participle vaulting , simple past and past participle vaulted )
( transitive , intransitive ) To jump or leap over.
The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.
The fugitive vaulted the fence to escape.
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Translations Edit
vault (plural vaults )
A multiple-exposure image of a gymnast performing a vault on a vaulting table An act of vaulting , formerly ( chiefly ) by deer ; a leap or jump .
( gymnastics ) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
( gymnastics ) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
( equestrianism ) Synonym of volte : a circular movement by the horse .
( gymnastics ) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse .Translations Edit
equestrianism: circular movement by the horse
— see volte
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