Meaning

noun a burial chamber (usually underground)

noun a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables

noun an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof

originFrom Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.

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