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Definition: Cylindrical vault
Vault
\Vault\ (v[add]lt; see Note, below), n. [OE. voute, OF.
voute, volte, F. vo[^u]te, LL. volta, for voluta, volutio,
fr. L. volvere, volutum, to roll, to turn about. See
Voluble, and cf.
Vault a leap,
Volt a turn,
Volute.]
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1. (Arch.) An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling
or canopy.
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The long-drawn aisle and fretted vault. --Gray.
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2. An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use
for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the
like; a cell; a cellar.
“Charnel vaults.” --Milton.
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The silent vaults of death. --Sandys.
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To banish rats that haunt our vault. --Swift.
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3. The canopy of heaven; the sky.
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That heaven's vault should crack. --Shak.
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4. [F. volte, It. volta, originally, a turn, and the same
word as volta an arch. See the Etymology above.] A leap or
bound. Specifically:
(a) (Man.) The bound or leap of a horse; a curvet.
(b) A leap by aid of the hands, or of a pole, springboard,
or the like.
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Note: The l in this word was formerly often suppressed in
pronunciation.
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Barrel vault,
Cradle vault,
Cylindrical vault, or
Wagon vault (Arch.), a kind of vault having two parallel
abutments, and the same section or profile at all points.
It may be rampant, as over a staircase (see
Rampant vault
, under
Rampant), or curved in plan, as around the
apse of a church.
Coved vault. (Arch.) See under 1st
Cove, v. t.
Groined vault (Arch.), a vault having groins, that is, one
in which different cylindrical surfaces intersect one
another, as distinguished from a barrel, or wagon, vault.
Rampant vault. (Arch.) See under
Rampant.
Ribbed vault (Arch.), a vault differing from others in
having solid ribs which bear the weight of the vaulted
surface. True Gothic vaults are of this character.
Vault light, a partly glazed plate inserted in a pavement
or ceiling to admit light to a vault below.
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Cylindric
\Cy*lin"dric\ (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cylindrical
\Cy*lin"dric*al\ (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr. kylindriko`s, from
ky`lindros cylinder: cf. F. cylindrique.]
Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex
surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder.
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Cylindrical lens, a lens having one, or more than one,
cylindrical surface.
Cylindric surface, or
Cylindrical surface (Geom.), a
surface described by a straight line that moves according
to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given
line.
Cylindrical vault. (Arch.) See under
Vault, n.
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