Voussoir

Word VOUSSOIR
Character 8
Hyphenation vous soir
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Voussoir"

What do we mean by voussoir?

One of the wedge-shaped stones forming the curved parts of an arch or vaulted ceiling. noun

To form with voussoirs; construct by means of voussoirs.

In architecture, a stone in the shape of a truncated wedge, which forms part of an arch. noun

One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed. noun

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

Wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault noun

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

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The word "voussoir" in example sentences

Yet, the trials showed that some small adjustments still had to be made to the two new voussoir blocks, which will hopefully be completed next week. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Stone carver Eva Leplat started carving in situ the decoration on the new voussoir. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The newly carved architrave with projecting voussoir of the arch ❋ Unknown (2003)

The missing part of the first voussoir of the first arch was completed, and carving the missing elements of the second voussoir of the first arch started. ❋ Unknown (2003)

As the right wing's voussoir (first arch block) was missing, we made a gypsum mold and cut it into the exact shape and dimensions on the nymphaeum itself. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Right, a small voussoir fragment from the first niche being fitted into a newly carved block. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The process will be finished after the carving of the decoration on the newly carved lowest right voussoir. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The new voussoir was almost brought to completion. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The resulting joints of the arch are even more satisfactory than the trial with the plaster mold of the missing voussoir. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The missing voussoir stones of the second arch are drawn on the concrete platform. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Each voussoir was a cast-iron framed piece two feet long and five feet in depth, and these were bolted together. ❋ Various (N/A)

If the pressure on the lead is uniformly varying, the centre of pressure must be within the middle third of the width of the lead; that is, it cannot deviate from the centre of the voussoir joint by more than one-eighteenth of its depth. ❋ Various (N/A)

For hinges, Leibbrand, of Stuttgart, uses sheets of lead about 1 in. thick extending over the middle third of the depth of the voussoir joints, the rest of the joints being left open. ❋ Various (N/A)

Stone blocks in the shape of a voussoir (fig. 14) may be used instead. ❋ Various (N/A)

A small Norman scalloped capital, another of Early English workmanship and a voussoir showing the Norman zig-zag or chevron are interesting relics of structures earlier than anything now existing, while a number of the decayed statues from the tower find here a dark and damp repose very different from the airy outlook enjoyed by them for five centuries. ❋ Frederick W. Woodhouse (N/A)

The upper surface of the springer, against which the first voussoir of the real arch (that is, in which both joints radiate) starts, is said to be skewbacked; the uppermost or central voussoir is called the keystone. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

The under, or concave, side of the voussoir is called the intrados or soffit, and the upper, or convex, side, the extrados of the arch. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

"Are you still wondering what the extrados of a voussoir is?" ❋ Louis Tracy (1895)

But in consequence either of an error in measurement or of a mistake in calculating the shrinking of the bricks, there was a gap between the third voussoir on the right and the key. ❋ Georges Perrot (1873)

Its ellipse is composed of eight voussoirs, four on each side, and a key with a small wedge-shaped stone voussoir on each side of it. ❋ Georges Perrot (1873)

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