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Noun
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(n)
vaulting
((architecture) a vaulted structure)
"arches and vaulting"
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(n)
architecture
(the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings)
"architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
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(n)
curvet
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vaulting
(a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the ground before the forelegs come down)
Verb
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(v)
vault
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overleap
(jump across or leap over (an obstacle))
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(v)
vault
(bound vigorously)
Adjective
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(adj)
overreaching
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vaulting
(revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights)
"vaulting ambition"