REAR VAULT


Meaning of REAR VAULT in English

I. noun

Etymology: rear (V) + vault (arched structure); translation of French arrière-voussure

: a rear arch used where a wall is very thick and the window recess becomes a vaulted area

II. noun

Etymology: rear (V) + vault (leap)

: a vault in which the body is raised sideward to either right or left and then rotated a quarter turn outward so that the back of the body passes over the apparatus used

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