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What is the noun for vaulting?

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vault
  1. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
  2. Any arched ceiling or roof.
  3. (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
  4. The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
  5. Any cellar or underground storeroom.
  6. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
  7. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
  8. (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
  9. (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
  10. (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
  11. (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
  12. (obsolete) A underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
  13. (obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
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  15. Examples:
    1. “If it were not for the bullion being stored in the bank's vault as collateral, the loans would not be made.”
      “He possessed a vault of knowledge which he had acquired during his lifetime.”
      “The village features a winepress and an underground wine vault.”
vault
  1. An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
  2. (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
  3. (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “If it were not for the bullion being stored in the bank's vault as collateral, the loans would not be made.”
      “He possessed a vault of knowledge which he had acquired during his lifetime.”
      “The village features a winepress and an underground wine vault.”
vaulting
vaultage
  1. (obsolete) Vaulted work.
  2. (obsolete) A vaulted place or arched cellar.
vaultful
  1. As much as a vault will hold.
  2. (figuratively) A large amount.
vaulter
  1. a person who vaults or leaps
  2. Examples:
    1. “He has spoken to me and he says I can jump much higher, that technically I am the best vaulter in the world.”
      “Briain's top vaulter was widely expected to win a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in Manchester.”
      “She is a very strong tumbler and vaulter, but only 38 kilos.”
vaultages
  1. plural of vaultage
vaultfuls
  1. plural of vaultful
vaultings
  1. plural of vaulting
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Spreading over the high vaultings and walls, the traditional scenes from the life of Christ are depicted on an immense scale.”
      “Many a clearstory wall was thrust apart by the vaultings pressure.”
vaulters
  1. plural of vaulter
  2. Examples:
    1. “Five years later, she's one of the top vaulters in the country.”
vaults
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