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Meaning of VAULTING

Pronunciation:  'volting

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down
  2. [n]  (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"
  3. [adj]  revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights; "vaulting ambition"
 
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 Synonyms: bold, curvet, overreaching
 
 See Also: construction, dressage, fan vaulting, structure

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Vault"ing\, n.
1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.
 

 

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