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Definition of Voussoired

Voussoir
Voussoir Vous`soir", n. [F., akin to vo[^u]te an arch, a vault.] (Arch.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.

Meaning of Voussoired from wikipedia

- used in Mycenaea) and occasionally, as an external feature, exedrae of voussoired construction from the 5th century BC. The dome and vault never became...
- Revival-style section containing large windows with arched heads and voussoired stones. The upper section of two floors contains half-round engaged columns...
- with a projecting string course at the top. All arches are stilted and voussoired, with a string course and parapet wall over, topped by projecting copings...
- canted bay windows. In the upper floor are windows with vermiculated voussoired arches. II 14–26 Hallfield Road 53°47′55″N 1°45′37″W / 53.79856°N 1...
- bridge, 300m to the east of the Abergavenny Bridge. The bridge has seven voussoired arches and cu****ers below. The parapets were rebuilt in the 20th century...
- windows in the upper floors are sashes, in the middle floor they have voussoired lintels with keyblocks, and in the top floor the lintels are plain. II...
- a porch and canted bay windows, and above the windows are sashes with voussoired lintels and fluted keyblocks. II Egremont House 52°46′26″N 2°24′41″W...
- In the centre is a doorway with a reeded architrave and an arched hood on brackets. The windows are sashes with voussoired lintels and keyblocks. II...
- Besides the red brickwork; rusticated quoins, moulded cornices, and voussoired arches over the windows add to the uniqueness of the structure's architecture...
- single-storey nine-bay wing. In the ground floor is a central doorway with a voussoired segmental arch and a pedimented hood, and in the outer bays are doorways...