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3 ENTRIES FOUND:

• pole vault (noun)
• vault (noun)
• vault (verb)

pole vault

noun

pole vault

noun

Britannica Dictionary definition of POLE VAULT

the pole vault

:

an athletic event in which people compete by using a pole to jump over a bar that is high above the ground

— pole–vault

verb

pole–vaults;

pole–vaulted;

pole–vaulting

[no object]

— pole–vaulter

noun,

plural

pole–vaulters

[count]