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▪ I. ˈvaulter1 rare—0.
[f. vault v.1]
A builder of vaults.
1648Hexham ii, Een Welver, an Archer, or a Vaulter.
▪ II. vaulter2|ˈvɔːltə(r)|
Also 6–7 vauter, vawter, 7 vautor.
[f. vault v.2]
One who vaults or leaps. Also fig. (quot. 1579).
α1565Cooper Thesaurus, Amphippi,..vauters from one horse to an other. 1579Gosson Sch. Abuse (Arb.) 36 Euery Vawter in one blinde Tauerne or other is Tenant at will, to which shee tolleth resorte. 1603Holland Plutarch's Mor. 1278 Demetrius..was well content to heare himselfe called Jupiter καταιβάτης, that is to say, the vawter. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 226 The Numidians,..in manner of vauters,..could leap from the weary horse to a fresh. 1647Hexham i. (Of Weights), A weight of Lead that Leapers, Vauters or Dauncers on ropes hold in their hands.
β1552Huloet, Vaulter on a horse, desultor. 1565Cooper Thesaurus, Desultor, a vaulter that leapeth vp and downe from a horse. 1617Moryson Itin. iii. 230 He had two Tumblers or Vaulters, one an Englishman, the other an Italian. 1694Martens' Voy. Spitzbergen in Acc. Sev. Late Voy. II. 116 They put them upwards together, as the Vaulters do when they jump over Swords. 1711Steele Spect. No. 258 ⁋3 Why should not Rope-dancers, Vaulters, Tumblers,..and Posture-makers appear again on our Stage? 1791Cowper Odyss. xviii. 317 Since fame reports the Trojans..nimble vaulters to the backs of steeds. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair lxiv, The band of renowned Bohemian vaulters and tumblers. 1884Harper's Mag. Jan. 301/1 If you want..fame as..a vaulter, or a heaver of heavy weights, the Manhattan is your club.
transf.1815Kirby & Sp. Entomol. iv. (1816) I. 102 The encomium which he bestows upon these vigilant little vaulters. a1825L. Hunt To Grasshopper & Cricket 1 Green little vaulter in the sunny grass. |