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41pole vault — Track. 1. a field event in which a leap or vault over a crossbar is performed with the aid of a long pole. 2. a leap or vault so performed. [1890 95] * * * Track and field event consisting of a vault for height over a crossbar with the aid of a… …
42Fan vault — A fan vault is a form of vault used in the Perpendicular Gothic style, in which the ribs are all of the same curve and spaced equidistantly, in a manner resembling a fan. The initiation and propagation of this design element is strongly… …
43pole´vault´er — pole vault, a vault over a high, horizontal bar between uprights, by using a long pole. pole vault «POHL VLT», intransitive verb. to jump or leap over a high horizontal bar by using a long pole. –pole´vault´er, noun …
44pole vault — pole′ vault n. 1) spo a field event in which a vault over a crossbar is performed with the aid of a long pole 2) spo a vault so performed • Etymology: 1890–95 pole′ vault , v.i. pole′ vault er, n …
45pole-vault — verb a) To perform a pole vault b) To vault over something using a pole vault …
46pole vault — noun an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the aid of an extremely long flexible pole. verb (pole vault) perform a pole vault. Derivatives pole vaulter noun …
47thief vault — noun : a vault over a piece of gymnastic apparatus executed from a one foot takeoff in which both feet are thrust forward and over and the hands are placed on the apparatus as the body passes over it …
48pole vault — noun a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a …
49pole vault — ► NOUN ▪ an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the aid of an extremely long flexible pole …
50Barrel vault — Vault Vault (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF. voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio, fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See {Voluble}, and cf. {Vault} a leap, {Volt} a turn, {Volute}.] [1913… …
