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‖ voussoir|ˈvuːswɔː(r), -ɑː(r)|
Also 4 vousore, 5 vow-, vau-, wawcer.
[a. OF. vausoir (wau-), vaussoir, vossoir, etc., mod.F. voussoir:—pop.L. *volsōrium, f. *volsum, pa. pple. of L. volvĕre to turn: cf. vousing. Found in ME., but in mod. use app. reintroduced in the 18th cent.]
One of the stones which form part of an arch or a vault, usually having the sides slightly inclined towards each other.
α1359–60Ely Sacr. Rolls (1907) II. 193 In vjxx ped. de vousores empt. prec. pedis iiij d. 2 l. 1411Acc. Norwich Cloister in Parker Gloss. Archit. (1850) I. 513 Item, de vowcers xliij ped. pr' ped. vj. d. 1416–7in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) II. 442, vj pedum de jambes et j Wawcer xiijd. Ibid., Pro vijxx. pedibus vocat' sewlys et vaucers xvijs.
β1728Chambers Cycl. s.v. Vault, The several Voussoirs, or Vault-Stones whereof it [an arch] consists. 1739C. Labelye Piers Westm. Bridge 77 The Coins, or Voussoirs, or Arch-Stones. 1808Norfolk Tour, Norwich 119 The voussoirs of the arch have their joints worked perfectly smooth. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 312 The masonry of domes differs from that of arching, in the figure of each voussoir. 1853Ruskin Stones Ven. (1874) II. iii. 46 The keystone..is of white marble, the lateral voussoirs of purple. 1886E. C. Robins Temple of Solomon (1887) 8 Upon the lowest of these pavements the fallen voussoirs of the arch have been discovered lying.
attrib. and Comb.1875Knight Dict. Mech. 370/2 A brick made voussoir-shaped is known as a compass-brick. 1886G. Schumacher Across the Jordan List Illustr. p. xi, Voussoir-stones of Arch. 1905Athenæum 25 Nov. 727/3 The true voussoir arch was extensively used at Pagān.
Hence ˈvoussoired a., constructed with voussoirs.
1875Encycl. Brit. II. 388/1 A tomb built up in the centre of the excavation,..covered by three stones as struts, over which was a perfectly formed voussoired arch. |