Vocabulary : Vaudois to Vaunt
Vaudois : An inhabitant, or the inhabitants, of the Swiss canton of Vaud. ;; A modern name of the Waldenses.Vaudoux : See Voodoo.
Vault : An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy. ;; An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar. ;; The canopy of heaven; the sky. ;; A leap or bound. ;; The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet. ;; A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard, or the like. ;; 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. ;; To leap over; esp., to leap over by aid of the hands or a pole; as, to vault a fence. ;; To leap; to bound; to jump; to spring. ;; To exhibit feats of tumbling or leaping; to tumble.
Vaultage : Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar.
Vaulted : of Vault ;; Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof. ;; Covered with an arch, or vault. ;; Arched like the roof of the mouth, as the upper lip of many ringent flowers.
