MEANING
A wedge-shaped stone or block forming part of an arch.
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Words that belong together
- stone voussoir
- arch voussoirs
- radiating voussoirs
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The arch’s voussoirs spread like a fan above the doorway.
One voussoir had a different color from the surrounding stones.
The mason numbered the voussoirs before taking the arch apart.
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Word forms
- Base
- voussoir
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular voussoir; plural voussoirs. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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