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noun
One of a series of wedge-shaped bricks or stones forming an arch or vault.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building block
History
Unadapted borrowing from French voussoir, from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“to roll”).
Across languages
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
