voussoir

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.

Pronunciation

/vuˈswɑːr/

Word forms

voussoir voussoirs

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“to roll”).

Derived words

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