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
   "The horse's vaulting showed its excellent training";
   - curvet, courbette

1. Revealing excessive self-confidence; reaching for the heights
   "vaulting ambition";
   - overreaching

1. Jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
   "The parkour practitioner vaulted over the wall";
   - overleap [archaic]
    
2. Bound vigorously
   "The athlete vaulted over the high jump bar"

Derived forms: vaultings

See also: bold

Type of: bound, construction, dressage, jump, leap, spring, structure

Encyclopedia: Vaulting