'Vaulting' definitions:

Definition of 'vaulting'

From: WordNet
adjective
Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition" [syn: overreaching, vaulting]
noun
(architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"
noun
A light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down [syn: curvet, vaulting]

Definition of 'Vaulting'

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]

Definition of 'Vaulting'

From: GCIDE
  • Vaulting \Vault"ing\, n.
  • 1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Act of one who vaults or leaps. [1913 Webster]