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pole vault

noun, verb — 3 senses

pole vault

nounalso spelled pole-vault
1

Athletics, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit

Related terms
pole-vault, pole-vaulter, pole vaulter, pole-vaulting, pole vaulting

pole-vault

verb
1

To perform a pole vault

2

To vault over something using a pole vault

Derived terms
pole-vaulter, pole-vaulting

Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for pole vault and pole-vault.