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vaulting
(encz) | vaulting,druh běhu koně Zdeněk Brož |
vaulting
(encz) | vaulting,klenutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
vaulting
(encz) | vaulting,překlenutí n: Zdeněk Brož |
Vaulting
(gcide) | Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaulted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Vaulting.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F.
vo[^u]ter. See Vault an arch.]
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1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give
the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, to vault a roof; to
vault a passage to a court.
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The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
--Webster
(1623).
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Vaulting
(gcide) | Vaulting \Vault"ing\, n.
1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
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2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.
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vaulting
(wn) | vaulting
adj 1: revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the
heights; "vaulting ambition" [syn: overreaching,
vaulting]
n 1: (architecture) a vaulted structure; "arches and vaulting"
2: a light leap by a horse in which both hind legs leave the
ground before the forelegs come down [syn: curvet,
vaulting] |
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fan vaulting
(encz) | fan vaulting, n: |
pole vaulting
(encz) | pole vaulting, n: |
vaulting horse
(encz) | vaulting horse,běžící kůň Zdeněk Brož |
Cross-vaulting
(gcide) | Cross-vaulting \Cross"-vault`ing\ (-v?lt`?ng), n. (Arch.)
Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple
vaults.
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Fan vaulting
(gcide) | Fan \Fan\ (f[a^]n), n. [AS. fann, fr. L. vannus fan, van for
winnowing grain; cf. F. van. Cf. Van a winnowing machine,
Winnow.]
1. An instrument used for producing artificial currents of
air, by the wafting or revolving motion of a broad
surface; as:
(a) An instrument for cooling the person, made of
feathers, paper, silk, etc., and often mounted on
sticks all turning about the same pivot, so as when
opened to radiate from the center and assume the
figure of a section of a circle.
(b) (Mach.) Any revolving vane or vanes used for producing
currents of air, in winnowing grain, blowing a fire,
ventilation, etc., or for checking rapid motion by the
resistance of the air; a fan blower; a fan wheel.
(c) An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the
grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is
separated and blown away.
(d) Something in the form of a fan when spread, as a
peacock's tail, a window, etc.
(e) A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of
a smock windmill always in the direction of the wind.
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Clean provender, which hath been winnowed with
the shovel and with the fan. --Is. xxx. 24.
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2. That which produces effects analogous to those of a fan,
as in exciting a flame, etc.; that which inflames,
heightens, or strengthens; as, it served as a fan to the
flame of his passion.
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3. A quintain; -- from its form. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Fan blower, a wheel with vanes fixed on a rotating shaft
inclosed in a case or chamber, to create a blast of air
(fan blast) for forge purposes, or a current for draft and
ventilation; a fanner.
Fan cricket (Zool.), a mole cricket.
Fan light (Arch.), a window over a door; -- so called from
the semicircular form and radiating sash bars of those
windows which are set in the circular heads of arched
doorways.
Fan shell (Zool.), any shell of the family Pectinid[ae].
See Scallop, n., 1.
Fan tracery (Arch.), the decorative tracery on the surface
of fan vaulting.
Fan vaulting (Arch.), an elaborate system of vaulting, in
which the ribs diverge somewhat like the rays of a fan, as
in Henry VII.'s chapel in Westminster Abbey. It is
peculiar to English Gothic.
Fan wheel, the wheel of a fan blower.
Fan window. Same as Fan light (above).
electric fan. a fan having revolving blades for propelling
air, powered by an electric motor.
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Vaulting
(gcide) | Vault \Vault\ (v[add]lt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vaulted; p. pr.
& vb. n. Vaulting.] [OE. vouten, OF. volter, vouter, F.
vo[^u]ter. See Vault an arch.]
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1. To form with a vault, or to cover with a vault; to give
the shape of an arch to; to arch; as, to vault a roof; to
vault a passage to a court.
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The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
--Sir W.
Scott.
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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.
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I will vault credit, and affect high pleasures.
--Webster
(1623).
[1913 Webster]Vaulting \Vault"ing\, n.
1. The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.
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2. Act of one who vaults or leaps.
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fan vaulting
(wn) | fan vaulting
n 1: an elaborate system of vaulting in which the ribs diverge
like fans |
pole vaulting
(wn) | pole vaulting
n 1: a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar
with the aid of a long pole [syn: pole vault, {pole
vaulting}, pole jump, pole jumping] |
vaulting horse
(wn) | vaulting horse
n 1: a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end
elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting [syn: {vaulting
horse}, long horse, buck] |
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