• (n.) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. • (n.) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
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Cous'si·net` noun [ French, dim. of
coussin cushion . See
Cushionet .]
(Architecture) (a) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
(b) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volut...
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In architecture, a coussinet is a stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch. The term is also applied to that part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
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French for the stone at the top of a pier supporting the lowest stone of an arch.
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