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voussoir

Pronunciation: /vuˈswɑːr/

The English word “voussoir” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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