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voussoir

Pronunciation:  voo'swâr

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 Definition: [n]  wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
 
 See Also: arch, building block

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Vous`soir"\, n. [F., akin to vo[^u]te an arch, a
vault.] (Arch.)
One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.



 

 

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