Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.
The curve described by a flexible chain or a rope if it is supported at each end and is acted upon by no other forces than a uniform gravitational force due to its own weight and variations involving additional and non-uniform forces.
A cable, the segments of which between supports take a catenary geometric shape, supporting in turn an overhead conductor that provides trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity, or the combination of the conductor, the cable, and supports.
The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes.
Relating to a chain; like a chain.
Relating to a catena.
An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
Any cellar or underground storeroom.
Any archive of past content.
Any arched ceiling or roof.
Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
An encrypted digital archive.
The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
To jump or leap over.
To build as, or cover with a vault.