Vaulty

a. Also 6 vautie, 6–7 vaultie. [f. VAULT sb.¹] Resembling a vault; having the arching form of a vault.

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1545. Raynald, Byrth Mankynde, H hh ij. L is y^e back or bossing side of the liuer. M the holowe, caue, or vautie part of y^e liuer.

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a. 1586. Sidney, Arcadia, III. xxv. (1622), 441. Well (me thinkes) becomes this vaultie skie A stately tombe to couer him deceased.

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c. 1595. J. Dickenson, Sheph. Compl. (1878), 8. Heau’ns light, whose vautie roofe bright orbs embosse.

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1651. Howell, Venice, 76. Sound … which resounds in vaulty and hollow places.

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1726. A. Monro, Anat. Bones (1741), 94. This vaulty Labyrinth.

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1890. Illustr. Lond. News, 22 Nov., 650/2. The great vaulty interior of the house.

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