vaultage

English

Etymology

vault +‎ -age

Noun

vaultage (countable and uncountable, plural vaultages)

1. (obsolete) A vaulted place or arched cellar.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]:

     Hee'le call you to ſo hot an Anſwer of it
     That Caues and Wombie Vaultages of France
     Shall chide your Treſpas, and returne your Mock
     In ſecond Accent of his Ordinance.

2. (obsolete) Vaulted work.

Anagrams

• vagulate