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noun
A dosseret shaped like an inverted pyramid, placed between the column capital and the arch base.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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noun
A structural element serving to distribute a load from a superimposed structure with higher mechanical resistance to a lower structure with lower resistance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Italian pulvino, from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion, pillow, bolster”). Doublet of pillow, polverine, pulvinus, pulvillus, and pulvinulus, as well as others.
