voussoir

(noun)

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

Related Terms

Examples of voussoir in the following topics:

  • Arches, Vaults, and Domes

    • The voussoirs, or wedge shaped bricks that eventually form the arch, are laid on it until the arch is complete and self-supporting.
    • True, or real, domes are formed with increasingly inward-angled layers of voussoirs which have ultimately turned 90 degrees from the base of the dome to the top.

  • Arches and Domes

    • Voussoir 3.