designslinger - Word of the Week: voussoir


[voussoir (1892) /Image & Artwrok: designslinger]

voussoir [voo-SWAHR] n. a wedge-shaped masonry unit in an arch or vault whose converging sides are cut as radii of one of the centers of the arch or vault used to construct the opening.
Posted by designslinger at 5/11/2011 2:40 AM
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