an athletic event in which competitors attempt to vault over a high bar with the aid of an extremely long flexible pole:the pole vault has always been easy for him
[count noun] a vault performed in the pole vault athletic event:he blew three pole vaults at the US trials
verb
(pole-vault) [no object]
perform a pole vault:our heroes pole-vault to safety (as noun pole-vaulting)I took to pole-vaulting right away
Derivatives
pole-vaulter
noun
pole vault in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of pole vault in the US English dictionary
