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vaultings

vaultings is the plural of vaulting.

Meaning of vaulting

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.

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Questions about vaultings

What is vaultings the plural of?
Vaultings is the plural of vaulting.

Words near vaultings in the dictionary

  1. vaulting table
  2. vaulting tables
  3. vaulting-school
  4. vaulting-schools
  5. vaultingly
  6. vaultings
  7. vaultlike
  8. vaultman
  9. vaultmen
  10. vaults
  11. vaultworthy

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