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voussoir
- /vuˈswɑːr/
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“to roll”).
noun voussoirs
- One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault. It is the voussoir depth in a real arch which enables the arch to carry wider ranges of loading; a large number of different idealized centre-line arches can be contained within a given practical profile. ...[T]his must be so, or no mediaeval bridge would have survived its decentering.
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noun wedge-shaped brick or stone
| Español | dovela |
|---|---|
| Português | aduela |
| Français | voussoir |
| Deutsch | Keilstein, Bogenstein, Bogenstück, Bogensegment |
Talk about this word "voussoir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/voussoir. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. voussoir. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/voussoir "voussoir." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/voussoir.Cite this
@misc{voussoir_2026,
title = {voussoir},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/voussoir},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
