voussoir

Significat (Anglès)

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

Conceptes

dovella

Sinònims

springer

arch stone

wedge-shaped stone

wedge block

Traduccions

voussoir

aduela

θολίτης

Voussoir

clavèu

Aduela

dovela

Gewölbstein

kemer taşı

σφηνόλιθος

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/vuˈswɑːr/

Etimologia (Anglès)

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