the pole vault

: a long slender usually cylindrical object (such as a length of wood)

: a shaft which extends from the front axle of a wagon between wheelhorses and by which the wagon is drawn : tongue

: a long staff of wood, metal, or fiberglass used in the pole vault

: to act upon with a pole

: to impel or push with a pole

: to propel a boat with a pole

: either extremity of an axis of a sphere and especially of the earth's axis

: either of two related opposites

: a point of guidance or attraction

: a native or inhabitant of Poland

: a person of Polish descent

: an arched structure of masonry usually forming a ceiling or roof

: something (such as the sky) resembling a vault

: an arched or dome-shaped anatomical structure

: to form or cover with or as if with a vault : arch

: to leap vigorously

: to do or achieve something as if by a leap

: to leap over

: an act of vaulting : leap