Vaulting

Noun

 * 1) The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction.
 * 2) A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group.
 * 3) The sport of gymnastics and dance routines performed on horseback, and on the longe line.

Verb
vaulting



Adjective

 * 1) Leaning upward or over
 * 2) Exaggerated or overreaching
 * 3) performing

Thesaurus
aduncity, apse, aquilinity, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, arching, archway, arcuation, aspiring, bouncing, bounding, camber, capering, ceilinged roof, circularity, concameration, concavity, concha, convexity, convolution, cove, crookedness, cupola, curvation, curvature, curving, curvity, decurvation, decurvature, dome, emulous, enthusiastic, excurvation, excurvature, geodesic dome, hookedness, hopping, hurdle race, hurdling, igloo, incurvation, incurvature, incurvity, jumping, keystone, leaping, ogive, pole vaulting, prancing, recurvation, recurvature, recurvity, rondure, rotundity, saltation, sinuosity, sinuousness, skewback, skipping, span, springing, steeplechase, the hurdles, timber topping, tortuosity, tortuousness, vault, voussoir

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Related terms

 * fan vaulting
 * vaulting horse
 * equestrian vaulting