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vaulting

vaulting noun: the practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction. Also the present participle and gerund of vault.

Noun

vaulting (countable and uncountable, plural vaultings)

  1. The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
  2. A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
    • Spreading over the high vaultings and walls, the traditional scenes from the life of Christ are depicted on an immense scale.1928, Robert Byron, “The Beauty of Wealth”, in The Station: Athos: Treasures and Men, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →OCLC, page 242
  3. The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.

Adjective

vaulting (comparative more vaulting, superlative most vaulting)

  1. Leaning upward or over.
  2. (figuratively) Exaggerated or overreaching.
    • Vaulting ambition.
    • On Long Bets […] there is an open bet between the British astrophysicist Martin Rees, a noted worrier over apocalyptic possibilities, and Harvard University’s Steven Pinker, famous for his vaulting optimism.2021 May 29, Ross Douthat, “Why the Lab Leak Theory Matters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  3. Performing.

Also used as

vaulting is also the present participle and gerund of vault.

Examples of vaulting in a sentence

  • The frog jump is an important action for vaulting and for weight bearing.
  • Despite no adequate practice facilities Dale has quietly emerged as the area's best vaulting school.
  • He's going to go to a vaulting school at the University of Kansas this summer, Walls said.

All 10 example sentences with vaulting

Forms of vaulting

Noun
pluralvaultings
Adjective
comparativemore vaulting
superlativemost vaulting

Words formed from vaulting

Phrases with vaulting

Questions about vaulting

What does vaulting mean?
Vaulting means the practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
What part of speech is vaulting?
Vaulting can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of vaulting?
The plural of vaulting is vaultings.

Words near vaulting in the dictionary

  1. vaulters
  2. vaultest
  3. vaulteth
  4. vaultful
  5. vaultfuls
  6. vaulting
  7. vaulting box
  8. vaulting boxes
  9. vaulting horse
  10. vaulting horses
  11. vaulting school

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