vaulty

[ vawl-tee ]

adjective

1. having the appearance or characteristics of a vault; arching:

   the vaulty rows of elm trees.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vaulty¹

First recorded in 1535–45; vault ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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From New York Times

“Stark naked rock, pinnacles and thousand feet high protruding from immense timbered shoulders ... awful vaulty blue smokebody rock.”

From New York Times

I’ll say yon gray is not the morning’s eye; ’Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia’s brow; Nor that is not the lark, whose notes do beat The vaulty heaven so high above our heads; I have more care to stay than will to go: Come, death, and welcome!

From Project Gutenberg

Now, on the mountain-billows upward driv'n, The navy mingles with the clouds of heav'n; Now, rushing downward with the sinking waves, Bare they behold old Ocean's vaulty caves.

From Project Gutenberg

And only the vaulty echoes answered.

From Project Gutenberg