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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A vault, generally over a horizontal bar, performed with the aid of a pole.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb intransitive To perform a pole vault
  • verb transitive To vault over something using a pole vault

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