vaulting

  • 21vaulting school — noun a) A place where one learns to vault. <!, 1850, Edward Wedlake Brayley, with John Britton and Edward W. Brayley, junior, as assistants, A Topographical History of Surrey, volume 5, page 21: In 1637, he took lessons at a dancing and… …

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  • 22vaulting horse — noun a gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated; used lengthwise for vaulting • Syn: ↑long horse, ↑buck • Hypernyms: ↑horse, ↑gymnastic horse * * * ˈvaulting horse [vaulting horse vaulting horses …

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  • 23vaulting horse — noun Date: circa 1875 1. a gymnastics apparatus used in vaulting that consists of a padded rectangular or cylindrical form supported in a horizontal position above the floor 2. an event in which vaults are made over a vaulting horse …

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  • 24vaulting horse — Gymnastics. a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting. Also called long horse. Cf. pommel horse. [1870 75] * * * …

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  • 25vaulting horse — noun a padded wooden block used for vaulting over by gymnasts and athletes …

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  • 26Vaulting Bay — the basic structural unit of a vaulted roof, consisting of a rectangle transected by the vaulting ribs …

    Medieval glossary

  • 27Vaulting Rib — a diagonal arched rib which supports the cell of a vault ♦ Arch supporting vault, arch or raised moulding on groin. (Wood, Margaret. The English Medieval House, 415) Related terms: Vaulting …

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  • 28Vaulting springer — the supporting masonry for the base of a vaulting rib …

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  • 29vaulting horse — vault′ing horse n. spog a padded, somewhat cylindrical, floor supported gymnastic apparatus braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used in vaulting • Etymology: 1870–75 …

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  • 30vaulting-horse — ožys statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Gimnastikos prietaisas ant kojų atraminiams šuoliams daryti. Korpuso ilgis 60 cm, plotis 40 cm, aukštis 33 cm. Prietaiso su kojomis aukštis 90–140 cm (keičiamas). atitikmenys: angl.… …

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