having the appearance or characteristics of a vault; arching
the vaulty rows of elm trees
Word origin
[1535–45; vault1 + -y1]This word is first recorded in the period 1535–45. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: agglutination, suture, symmetry, tracer, twang-y is a native English suffix of adjectives meaning “characterized by or inclined to”the substance or action of the word or stem to which the suffix is attached. Otherwords that use the affix -y include: dreamy, grouchy, juicy, rumbly
Examples of 'vaulty' in a sentence
vaulty
It's too vaulty and therefore insufficiently claustrophobic, but it's boring verging on deathly.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The in-the-round auditorium gains a chilling, vaulty acoustic for this scene, accompanied by mournful choiring.