vaut /vɔːt/noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(no longer used) A vault; a leap.Lyke an huge cave hewne out of rocky clifte, From whose rough vaut the ragged breaches hong — 1590 verb1 •(no longer used) To vault; to leap.Like to thicke clouds that threat a stormy showre , And vauted all within like to the skye — 1590 formsvauted · vauting · vauts