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vaulting 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 … Useful english dictionary
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vaulting horse — ► NOUN ▪ a padded wooden block used for vaulting over by gymnasts and athletes … English terms dictionary
vaulting horse — Gym. n. 1. HORSE (n. 9) 2. VAULT2 (n. 3) … English World dictionary
horse — [hôrs] n. pl. horses or horse [ME hors < OE hors, hros, akin to Ger ross (OHG hros), prob. < IE base * (s)ker , to leap (or < ? * k̑ers , to run > L cursus)] 1. a domesticated or wild, perissodactylous mammal (Equus caballus), raised… … English World dictionary
vaulting — vaulting1 /vawl ting/, n. 1. the act or process of constructing vaults. 2. the structure forming a vault. 3. a vault, vaulted ceiling, etc., or such structures collectively. [1505 15; VAULT1 + ING1] vaulting2 /vawl ting/, adj. 1. leaping up or… … Universalium
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vaulting 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary
horse — horseless, adj. horselike, adj. /hawrs/, n., pl. horses, (esp. collectively) horse, v., horsed, horsing, adj. n. 1. a large, solid hoofed, herbivorous quadruped, Equus caballus, domesticated since prehistoric times, bred in a number of varieties … Universalium
vaulting 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] * * * … Universalium
vaulting — 1. noun a) The practice of constructing vaults, or a particular method of such construction. b) A vaulted structure; such structures treated as a group. 2. adjective a) Leaning upward or ov … Wiktionary
