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

:  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 execute a leap using the hands or a pole

:  to do or achieve something as if by a leap

:  an act of vaulting :  leap