vaultage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

vault +‎ -age

Noun[edit]

vaultage (countable and uncountable, plural vaultages)

  1. (obsolete) A vaulted place or arched cellar.
    • 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [] (First Folio), London: [] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:
      Hee'le call you to ſo hot an Anſwer of it
      That Caues and Wombie Vaultages of France
      Shall chide your Treſpas, and returne your Mock
      In ſecond Accent of his Ordinance.
  2. (obsolete) Vaulted work.

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