Look up: voussoir

1. Voussoir
   Wedge-shaped stones in arch.
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2. voussoir
   One of the wedge-shaped stones used in constructing an arch.
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3. voussoir
   [n] - wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
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4. Voussoir
   wedge-shaped stone forming part of an arch
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5. Voussoir
   Wedge-shaped stone used in an arch.
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6. voussoir
   wedge-shaped stone forming one of the units of an arch
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7. Voussoir
   Wedge-shaped brick used in arch construction
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8. Voussoir
   A wedge-shaped brick used in arch construction.
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9. voussoir
   A wedge-shaped stone used in Roman arches to give stability and horizontal thrust.
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10. Voussoir
    Wedged-shaped masonry elements, generally with one convex face and one concave, used to make an arch or vault. Voissoirs can be flat or irregular in rubble construction.
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11. Voussoir
    the radiating wedge-shaped blocks forming the arch. (Illustration)
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12. Voussoir
    The wedge-shaped stones forming an arch.
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13. Voussoir
    Vous`soir' noun [ French, akin to voûte an arch, a vault.] (Architecture) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
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14. voussoir
    noun wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
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15. Voussoir
    • (n.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
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16. voussoir
    (from the article `arch`) ...blocks—i.e., ones in which the upper edge is wider than the lower edge—are set flank to flank in the manner shown in the figure, the result is an ... ...a semicircle) and flat arches were used freely. The discovery of concrete enormously facilitated the spread of arch construction. Concrete arches ...
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17. Voussoir
    In architecture, a voussoir is a wedge like stone used with others to make an arch.
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18. Voussoir
    , University of Edinburgh: beveled edges of each stone block emphasize the voussoirs A `voussoir` is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone used in building an arch or vault. Although each unit of stone in an arch or vault is known as a voussoir, there are two specified voussoir components of an ...
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