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Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof.

Having two vaults or arches.

Formed or vaulted like a beehive.

A projecting ornament placed at the intersection of the ribs of ceilings, whether vaulted or flat, and in other situations.

The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.

Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

One of the half ribs against the walls in a ceiling vaulted with ribs.

Vaulted like an oven or furnace; arched.

A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.

d crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like.

ry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering.…

A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling. [Written also civery.]

d violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot. And sudden light Sprung through the vaulted roof. Dryden.

Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

an arch to; to arch; as, vault a roof; to vault a passage to a court. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. Sir W. Scott.

Vaulted work; also, a vaulted place; an arched cellar. [Obs.] Shak.

The act of constructing vaults; a vaulted construction.

Vaulted. "The haughty vauty welkin." [Obs.] Taylor (1611).