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Definitions
the act of jumping over an obstacle
Word origin
From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.
Used in a sentence
“The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.”
“the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault”
“The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.”
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