Crossword-Solution: VOUSSOIR
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Voussoir | n. | One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed. |
We have 7 clues for the answer “VOUSSOIR”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Wedge-shaped stone used in the construction of an arch | 1 answer |
| wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault | 1 answer |
| wedge-shaped stone or brick that is used with others to construct an arch | 1 answer |
| ARCH, part of | 12 answers |
| ARCH, principal term connected with any form of | 12 answers |
| Keystone | 16 answers |
| Wedge | 24 answers |
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Sentences with VOUSSOIR (5)
Each voussoir was a cast-iron framed piece two feet long and five feet in depth, and these were bolted together.
The extrados of a voussoir----" "Oh, kill it, and let it die happy----" "--is the outer curve of a wedge-shaped stone used for building an arch.
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.
These doorways are generally very rich; they possess a series of mouldings sometimes springing from shafts, sometimes running not only round the arched head, but also up the jambs of the opening; and each moulding is richly carved, very often with a repetition of the same ornament on each voussoir of the arch.
One voussoir is as much a keystone as another; only people usually call the stone which is last put in the keystone; and that one happens generally to be at the top or middle of the arch.