Usually means: Wedge-shaped stones in arches.
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  1. voussoirs: Merriam-Webster
  2. voussoirs: Collins English Dictionary
  3. voussoirs: Vocabulary.com
  4. voussoirs: Wordnik
  5. voussoirs: Wiktionary
  6. voussoirs: Dictionary.com
  7. Voussoirs: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. voussoirs: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. voussoirs: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. Glossary: Gothic Art and Architecture (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (voussoir)

▸ noun:  (architecture) One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.
▸ Also see voussoir


Opposite:
keystones, centerstones, crownstones

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keystones, centerstones, crownstones




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