Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Voussoir

‖

Vousˊsoir′

,
Noun.
[F., akin to
voûte
an arch, a vault.]
(Arch.)
One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.

Definition 2024

voussoir

voussoir

English

Voussoirs forming a stable arch; there are special terms for the voussoirs at the base of the arch and for the (usually single) voussoir at the top centre

Noun

voussoir ‎(plural voussoirs)

  1. (architecture) One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology

[1728] Borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō ‎(“I roll”).

Similar Results