VAULT

n. Va4lt. See FORNIX. V. of the cranium. The upper curved portion of the cranium. [L.] V. of the vagina. Lat., fornix (seu fundus) vaginae. Fr., fond du vag in. Ger., Scheidengewolbe, Scheidengrund. The upper portion of the vagina, forming, when the pa age is distended, a v.-like structure surrounding the neck of the uterus. [s. 692]