plural of vaunt-courier

Obsolete form of van-courier.

An inhabitant of the Swiss canton of Vaud. / A member of the Waldensian religious movement.

The dialect of French spoken in Vaud.

So as to vault or leap. / (figuratively) With great scope or ambition.

(organic chemistry) A particular carotenoid.

(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel vaults crossing in a right angle. The angles of intersection are groins with projecting angles at the base, which die away at the summit.

plural of cross vault

(architecture) A vault resulting from the intersection of two barrel-vaults crossing in a right angle. Its thrusts are concentrated along the groins or arrises and eventually at the four corners

plural of cloister vault