Link Centre Dictionary

voussoir

vous·soir

UK/vuˈswɑːr/ uncommon

noun

1.

wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault

Origin

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

Related words

Broader terms

Parts

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.