Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of the wedge-shaped stones forming the curved parts of an arch or vaulted ceiling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To form with voussoirs; construct by means of voussoirs.
- noun In architecture, a stone in the shape of a truncated wedge, which forms part of an arch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture One of a series of
wedge -shaped bricks forming anarch orvault .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Yet, the trials showed that some small adjustments still had to be made to the two new voussoir blocks, which will hopefully be completed next week.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 4 2003
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The process will be finished after the carving of the decoration on the newly carved lowest right voussoir.
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The new voussoir was almost brought to completion.
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The missing part of the first voussoir of the first arch was completed, and carving the missing elements of the second voussoir of the first arch started.
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As the right wing's voussoir (first arch block) was missing, we made a gypsum mold and cut it into the exact shape and dimensions on the nymphaeum itself.
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Right, a small voussoir fragment from the first niche being fitted into a newly carved block.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Anastylosis Projects - Antonine Nymphaeum Report 3 2003
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Stone carver Eva Leplat started carving in situ the decoration on the new voussoir.
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The newly carved architrave with projecting voussoir of the arch
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Northwest Heroon Restoration Report 1 2003
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The resulting joints of the arch are even more satisfactory than the trial with the plaster mold of the missing voussoir.
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The missing voussoir stones of the second arch are drawn on the concrete platform.
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