Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
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pole-vault
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To perform a pole vault 2 (context transitive English) To vault over something using a pole vault
Usage examples of "pole-vault".
Dad looked up at the hidden rungs coming down out of the starlight to the running-free world of sidewalks that invited the one-thousand-yard dash, and the high hurdles of the dark bushes, and the pole-vault cemetery trellises and walls.
Kren went into pole-vaulting mode and nailed it into the center of his opponent's field, to win the match.
This coming Saturday, I will win at the pole-vaulting competition at the University of Dren, even though I'm not presently listed as being entered in it.
If he didn’t start thinking about something else, he would be pole-vaulting down the damned cliff.