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English-Thai Dictionary

voussoir

N สิ่ง ที่ เป็น รูป ลิ่ม

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VOUSSOIR

Vous `soir ", n. Etym: [F., akin to voûte an arch, a vault. ] (Arch. )

Defn: One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.

New American Oxford Dictionary

voussoir

vous soir |vo͞oˈswär vuˈswɑr | ▶noun Architecture a wedge-shaped or tapered stone used to construct an arch. ORIGIN early 18th cent: via French from popular Latin volsorium, based on Latin volvere ‘to roll. ’ The word, borrowed from Old French, was also used for a time in late Middle English.

Oxford Dictionary

voussoir

voussoir |ˈvuːswɑː | ▶noun Architecture a wedge-shaped or tapered stone used to construct an arch. ORIGIN early 18th cent: via French from popular Latin volsorium, based on Latin volvere ‘to roll ’. The word, borrowed from Old French, was also used for a time in late Middle English.