[ adj ] having a hemispherical vault or dome <adj.all>
Vaulted \Vault"ed\, a. 1. Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof.
2. Covered with an arch, or vault.
3. (Bot.) Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers.
Vault \Vault\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vaulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaulting}.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F. vo[^u]ter. See {Vault} an arch.] 1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court.
The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. --Sir W. Scott.
2. [See {Vault}, v. i.] To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence.
I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures. --Webster (1623).
In some ways, Shevardnadze vaulted past the United States in taking the moral high ground against Baghdad.
Places such as the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Taiwan have vaulted into the technological era, barely pausing in the industrial age along the way.
And they appreciate you for it," said former Rep. Tony Coelho of California, who vaulted from Democratic campaign chairman to House majority whip.
Medvedev, who was named to the Central Committee two years ago, vaulted over non-voting Politburo status to become a full member.
In automatic teller machines, for example, NCR vaulted past IBM last year to become the global market leader.
Browder, 46, a former Jacksonville State University professor who vaulted from the Legislature to his statehouse post in 1986, edged Ford by a 25-to-24 percent margin in Tuesday's primary despite trailing in district-wide surveys in recent weeks.
After Asian and European stock markets rallied yesterday, the industrial average vaulted up more than 84 points in the first half-hour of trading.
At the end of the two-hour Mass, the old imperial hymn that was replaced with a republican anthem in 1918 rang through the vaulted naves of the Gothic cathedral.
The vaulted ceilings and doric columns that distinguish the interior are complimented by cream, navy and mauve furnishings.
Nadia Comaneci, who vaulted gracefully into American hearts as a tiny gymnast performing airy gyrations in the 1976 Olympics, has leaped what remains of the Iron Curtain to come live in America.
THE fast train for Lugano leaves Milan's vaulted central station at 25 minutes past the hour precisely.
The provincial budget deficit, which had never topped 3% of total outlays in the early 1980s, vaulted to 24% in the civilian government's first year.
The exchange vaulted to second place in the world.
The entrance is from the back, by way of the Via IV Novembre, into a large hall beneath a massive vaulted canopy, with the ancient shops and stalls at two levels on either side.
The dining room, and the vaulted octagon room which serves as an ante-room in the Brunswick tower (both badly damaged) continue the Gothic theme.
Kaifu, who was vaulted from obscurity to the premiership six months ago to lead the party out of its scandals, pledged to continue reforming politics.