voussoir

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

voussoir

Voussoir

Synonymes

springer

arch stone

wedge-shaped stone

wedge block

Traductions

aduela

dovella

σφηνόλιθος

θολίτης

clavèu

Aduela

dovela

kemer taşı

Gewölbstein

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/vuˈswɑːr/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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