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vaulting::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | construction, structure |
| Has types | fan vaulting |
arches and vaulting.
Examples of vaulting
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Despite the heights, vaulting is considering safer than other equestrian events.
From the sacbee.com
Vaulting back into the cab, Gene yanked the hand brake and hit the foot brakes.
From the newsobserver.com
Camp includes riding, vaulting, trail riding and horse training in the morning.
From the kentucky.com
The sense of vaulting entitlement is gone, even if much of the squad is the same.
From the economist.com
A two-time Olympian, Hartwig, 44, did his high school vaulting at Francis Howell.
From the stltoday.com
After two days of vaulting, Benjamin went into Friday's competition in 11th place.
From the kentucky.com
Test events already have been held for reining, vaulting and carriage driving.
From the kentucky.com
Bad boy rocker Donny Tourette was the first to go on Day three, vaulting the wall.
From the metro.co.uk
Free-runners are taking over the urban landscape, vaulting from walls and rooftops.
From the telegraph.co.uk
- (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"
- Overreaching: revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"
- Curvet: a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
- (vaulted) domed: having a hemispherical vault or dome
- (vaulter) an athlete who jumps over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
- A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta,) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof. The parts of a vault exert lateral thrust that require a counter resistance. When vaults are built underground, the ground gives all the resistance required. ...
- The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction; A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group; The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line; Leaning upward or over; Exaggerated or overreaching; performing
- (vaulted) : Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style
- (Vaulted) In this case, the award has an arched appearance instead of being flat. This was popular with the 1914 Iron Cross 1st Class, and some examples of the 1939 1st Class were constructed this way until this practice was banned in 1941.
