Voussoir

//vuˈswɑːr//

Synonyms for "voussoir" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Strong matches (4)

Related words (6)

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Translations

12 translations across 9 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • клиновиден камък noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

Catalan

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  • dovella noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

Finnish

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  • holvikivi noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

French

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  • voussoir noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

Galician

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  • doela noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

German

4 entries
  • Bogensegment noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)
  • Bogenstein noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)
  • Bogenstück noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)
  • Keilstein noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

Polish

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  • kliniec noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

Portuguese

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  • aduela noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

Spanish

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  • dovela noun (wedge-shaped brick or stone)

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

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It is the voussoir depth in a real arch which enables the arch to carry wider ranges of loading; a large number of different idealized centre-line arches can be contained within a given practical profile. ...[T]his must be so, or no mediaeval bridge would have survived its decentering.

Source: wiktionary

Other areas have mortar joints missing, including between the voussoir blocks forming the edge of the arches on either side of the pier.

Source: wiktionary

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