simple past tense and past participle of vault

(architecture) Of a ceiling supported by arches, introduced in the Gothic style.

An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building. / Any arched ceiling or roof.

(transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.

(transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.

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.

The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction. / A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.

present participle of vault

Leaning upward or over. / (figuratively) Exaggerated or overreaching. / performing

plural of vault