voussoir
Meanings
noun
- One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“to roll”).
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