vaulting school
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Sense 1
Meaning · English
A brothel.
Register: slang
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
Invite 'em to my Vaulting School,
The Saints for freedom tell;
How they may live without Controul,
With me at Camberwell.
There all Provision shall be made
To entertain the best,
Old Mother Creswel of our Trade,
For to rub down our Guests;
Three hundred of the briskest Dames,
In Park or Field e're f
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
A bawdy-house; also an academy where vaulting and other manly exercises are taught.
Era: ca. 1811 (Georgian)
Where it’s used:
Origin
British & Irish English
Sources & notes
Historical definition reproduced from Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1811 edition, public domain; Project Gutenberg #5402, retrieved 2026-07-31). Reflects the attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “vaulting school” mean?
A brothel.
Is “vaulting school” formal or informal?
vaulting school is generally slang.