See Also: tarsier(encyclopedia)
tarsier(dictionary)
Vault(medicine)
vault(1)(dictionary)
vault(2)(dictionary)
vault(encyclopedia)
vault(4)(dictionary)
vault(3)(dictionary)
vault 2, verb(dictionary)
vault 1, noun(dictionary)

vault 1, noun (oh) and tarsier (iou)


vault 1, noun (oh)



[Sense: 1-2, 4; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: voute, from Vulgar Latin volvita 'turn, vault', probably from volvitare; VAULT2]
[Sense: 3; Date: 1500-1600; Origin: VAULT2]
a room with thick walls and a strong door where money, jewels etc are kept to prevent them from being stolen or damaged
a room where people from the same family are buried, often under the floor of a church
a jump over something
a roof or ceiling that consists of several arches that are joined together, especially in a church

tarsier (iou)



tarsier noun. L18.
[French, from tarse TARSUS (with ref. to the animal's long tarsal bones).]
Zoology. Any of several small arboreal nocturnal primates constituting the genus Tarsius and family Tarsiidae, of Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi, and the Philippines, having large eyes and feeding on insects and small vertebrates.