'Vaulted' definitions:
Definition of 'vaulted'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Having a hemispherical vault or dome [syn: domed, vaulted]
Definition of 'Vaulted'
From: GCIDE
- Vaulted \Vault"ed\, a.
- 1. Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Covered with an arch, or vault. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Bot.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Vaulted'
From: GCIDE
- Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Vaulting.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[^u]ter. See Vault an arch.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, to vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. [1913 Webster]
- The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. [See Vault, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. [1913 Webster]
- I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623). [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'vaulted'
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