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Wedge-shaped element used in building an arch or vault
A voussoir (UK: /ˈvuːˈswɑː/; US: /vuˈswɑːr/) is a wedge-shaped element, typically a stone, which is used in building an arch or vault. Each voussoir is
Voussoir
Joint that interlocks blocks
that interlocks blocks (such as a lintel's stone blocks or an arch's voussoirs). Often joggles are semicircular and knob-shaped, so joggled stones have
Joggle_(architecture)
Architectural term for an arched roof
support is needed while rings of voussoirs are constructed and the rings placed in position. Until the topmost voussoir, the keystone, is positioned, the
Vault_(architecture)
Structural or decorative member of a vault
temporary timber supports called centring. Their wedge-shaped stones, or voussoirs, are set in mortar, with bosses at intersections. Once the ribs have been
Rib_(architecture)
Architectural arch element
or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the springer or lowest voussoir of an arch. The term impost capital is also used when appropriate. The
Impost_(architecture)
Wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch
keystone is placed, the keystone experiences the least stress of any of the voussoirs, due to its position at the apex.[citation needed] Old keystones can decay
Keystone_(architecture)
Curved structure that spans a space and may support a load
is called a crown Voussoir (a wedge-like construction block). A compound arch is formed by multiple concentric layers of voussoirs. The rowlock arch is
Arch
able to bear load in addition to the load carried by the ring of voussoirs. If the voussoir stones are thin they cannot take much weight so instead it is
List of longest masonry arch bridge spans
List_of_longest_masonry_arch_bridge_spans
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Lowest structural element of an arch
In architecture, a springer (sometimes springing) is the lowest voussoir (wedge-shaped structural element) on each side of an arch. Since it is the bottom-most
Springer_(architecture)
Access opening in a wall of a structure
decorated with ornamentation. The elements of a portal can include the voussoir, tympanum, an ornamented mullion or trumeau between doors, and columns
Portal_(architecture)
Tank
appliquer l'une contre l'autre les faces voisines de deux voussoirs. Les faces des voussoirs qui reposent sur le sol forment la semelle de la roue, et
Levavasseur_project
Origin of the term "Arab"
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Etymology_of_Arab
Form of buttress
narrowed the flyers, some of which were constructed with one thickness of voussoir (wedge brick) with a capping stone atop, e.g. at Amiens Cathedral, Le Mans
Flying_buttress
Bridge with arch-shaped supports
triangular corbel arch. The 4th century BC Rhodes Footbridge rests on an early voussoir arch. Although true arches were already known by the Etruscans and ancient
Arch_bridge
Town and municipality in Valencian Community, Spain
hermitage is celebrated. House of the Marquis of Benicarló. House with a voussoir front and heraldic coat of arms, on the main facade, and inside, a large
Benicarló
Arch shape common in ancient Roman architecture
arch construction involves the Roman techniques (either wedge-like stone voussoirs or thin Roman bricks), it is known as a Roman arch. The semicircular arch
Semicircular_arch
14th-century Arabic sex education manuscript
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Nawadir_al-Ayk
Railway station in New Brunswick, Canada
tongue-and-groove boarding. A gabled dormer and round-arched window with stone voussoir projects above each bay window. On the night of 29 July 1908 a fire broke
Sackville_station
Moroccan waterproof plaster
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Tadelakt
Astronomical observatory in Switzerland
appears in 2025 video game Abiotic Factor. It is depicted under the name "Voussoir Facility" and is owned and operated by Garrick Advanced Technology Enterprises
Sphinx_Observatory
2025 survival video game
recovers materials from both the hydroplant and a Swiss facility called Voussoir, accessible via a perforation. Along the way the player assists Kylie Muir
Abiotic_Factor
Arabic-speaking pre-Sephardic Jewish communities of the Middle East
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Musta'arabi_Jews
One of the gates of the Etruscan wall of Perusian
a semicircular barrel vault passageway over 30 feet high. Two rows of voussoirs form the shape of the arch and are held in place by a keystone at the
Etruscan_Arch
Form of rhymed prose in Arabic literature
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Saj'
Listed bridge in Manchester, England
constructed to cross Shooters Brook. It is built of stone with large voussoirs and retaining walls of coursed masonry and is 7.4 metres (24 ft) wide
Store_Street_Aqueduct
Library in Manhattan, New York
foundation made of granite. The outermost two bays have arched openings with voussoirs and ornamental keystones depicting torches and books. The westernmost
Fort_Washington_Library
Destroyed palazzo in Rome, designed by Donato Bramante for Raphael
with the classical orders. The decorative inclusion of large rusticated voussoirs and keystone instead of a lintel over the flat top of the lower rectangular
Palazzo_Caprini
Building in New York, United States
Circle) has a central pediment supported by columns, which turn into voussoirs at the second floor, where they are met by a steep staircase. The first
Onondaga_County_Courthouse
Historic site in Spain
The area immediately around the arch was likely painted with "false" voussoirs as part of this decoration, while the rectangular band of the alfiz may
Castle_of_Gormaz
Cable-stayed bridge in Occitanie, France
tendrilled concrete, using the ceracem process. Consisting of 53 elements (voussoirs), the canopy is 100 metres (330 ft) long and 28 metres (92 ft) wide. It
Millau_Viaduct
Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
by rusticated brick piers. The 16th story contains arched windows; the voussoirs above these windows support a cornice that runs above that story. The
Flatiron_Building
Gateway to Al-Aqsa, Jerusalem
recess with a semi-dome. The semi-dome has a gently pointed arch, and its voussoir has ablaq (alternating) masonry of red and beige bricks. It also contains
Cotton_Merchants'_Gate
Waterway in Wales
Longdon-on-Tern Aqueduct, the plates are not rectangular but shaped as voussoirs, similar to those of a stone arch. There is no structural significance
Pontcysyllte_Aqueduct
wagon entrance with quoined jambs, and a chamfered segmental arch with voussoirs, above which is an initialled datestone. The windows are chamfered and
Listed buildings in Appletreewick
Listed_buildings_in_Appletreewick
porch is a Venetian-style doorway, and above it is a Venetian window with voussoirs and pieces of entablature. The other windows are sashes with channelled
Listed buildings in Mackworth, Amber Valley
Listed_buildings_in_Mackworth,_Amber_Valley
lean-to porch. The windows are cross casements with segmental heads and voussoirs. II Old Vicarage and Stable Cottage 52°33′09″N 2°43′55″W / 52.55237°N
Listed buildings in Cardington, Shropshire
Listed_buildings_in_Cardington,_Shropshire
Place of public bathing common in Muslim societies
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Hammam
Museum in Catalonia, Spain
presents as a remarkable element, the midpoint archway with large stone voussoirs and gothic windows on the main floor. High elements (gothic and Renaissance
Castle_of_Púbol
Method of construction
principle in mind, it was done so empirically, with the masons cutting each voussoir stone as it was required, and it was not until 1828 that details of the
Skew_arch
Architectural style of medieval Europe
of statues. The Merveille at Mont Saint-Michel, with circular abaci, voussoirs in Caen stone and foliage carvings, was completed in 1228. At Coutances
Gothic_architecture
Type of falsework
is inserted an arch has no strength and needs the centring to keep the voussoirs in their correct relative positions. A simple centring without a truss
Centring
Residential building in Manhattan, New York
piers; a cornice runs above these storefronts. There are keystones and voussoirs above the second-story windows, which are arched. The windows on the third
Hotel_Marseilles
Book by Usāmah ibn Munqidh
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Kitab_al-I'tibar
a two-storey porch and a round-headed doorway with impost blocks and voussoirs. The windows have double-chamferd mullions, and on the gabled end are
Listed_buildings_in_Elslack
volubility, voluble, volume, voluminous, volva, volvelle, volvent, Volvox, voussoir †volūtō volūt- volūtav- volūtat- vomō vom- vomu- vomit- – vomit, vomition
List of Latin verbs with English derivatives
List_of_Latin_verbs_with_English_derivatives
School or college, often providing an Islamic education
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Madrasa
Railway station in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
feature a louvre within a round brisk window frames in salmon coloured voussoir shaped bricks with four cement keystones. Internal: The building comprises
Canterbury railway station, Sydney
Canterbury_railway_station,_Sydney
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Arab_cinema
Amtrak train station in Centralia, Washington
tympanum styled with a half-round fanlight which is bordered by a brick voussoir. The exterior wall are framed with pilasters. Windows are lead glass and
Centralia station (Washington)
Centralia_station_(Washington)
Gateway to Roman Fort in Lincoln, England
above the Roman level. Its arch is of a single ring of large limestone voussoirs rising from imposts which appear to have been moulded. The outer or front
Newport_Arch
has stepped, rusticated voussoirs, an impost band and a triangular parapet. The west face is higher and has stepped voussoirs. II Railway subway, West
Listed_buildings_in_Batley
Church in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England
nave triforium during the 14th century are composed of reused Norman voussoirs (wedge-shaped stones). In 1067/68 Gamel, Sheriff of York was informed
Beverley_Minster
arches, the middle one taller, and a fourth lower arch. The arches have voussoirs with hood moulds, a raised band, and a raked parapet with chamfered coping
Listed_buildings_in_Amotherby
Museum building in Manhattan, New York
by French doors on the second story, which are topped by arched stone voussoirs. The third story has rectangular windows with splayed lintels above. There
Andrew_Carnegie_Mansion
Commercial building in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Market Place. The central bay featured a large round headed opening with voussoirs, flanked by banded pilasters supporting an entablature and a pediment
Corn_Exchange,_Salisbury
Bridge in North Yorkshire, England
the middle two arches are pointed, the southern arch is segmental with voussoirs and a chamfered archivolt, and the north arch is semicircular. The cutwaters
Wensley_Bridge
triangular cutwaters, and bands outside the voussoirs. The central arch has radiating consoles formed from the voussoirs, and the solid parapet has been cantilevered
Listed buildings in Coniston Cold
Listed_buildings_in_Coniston_Cold
Architecture term for a layer of the same unit running horizontally in a wall
are not climate proof. Rowlock arch has multiple concentric layers of voussoirs. Soldier: Units are laid vertically on their shortest ends so that their
Course_(architecture)
bays. On the front is a low cart arch with chamfered quoined jambs and voussoirs. To the right is a byre door with a chamfered arched lintel, and between
Listed buildings in Thorpe, North Yorkshire
Listed_buildings_in_Thorpe,_North_Yorkshire
Building in Toledo, Spain
windows with a semicircular arch and decoration in the voussoir, as a highlight of the voussoirs. The four windows present forge, delicately worked. The
Flour_factory_San_José
bridge is in gritstone, and consists of two shallow arches with rusticated voussoirs. There are rounded cutwaters carried up as pilasters to a projecting band
Listed buildings in Studley Roger
Listed_buildings_in_Studley_Roger
centre are two doorways with chamfered surrounds under a relieving arch of voussoirs, and the windows are mullioned. II Pear Tree House 54°17′08″N 1°48′22″W
Listed_buildings_in_Middleham
Brook. The stone is rusticated, and the bridge has a basket arch with voussoirs. At both ends on each side are piers. Darnham Mill 53°09′54″N 2°32′51″W
Listed_buildings_in_Darnhall
Broadway theater in Manhattan, New York
cantilevered from the wall above. The archways are surrounded by rusticated voussoirs. Above the archways, the theater's facade is made of brick. The brick
Shubert_Theatre_(Broadway)
Maurya Empire art characteristic
circa 3000-2000 BCE) do show a certain level of polishing. Pataliputra Voussoir fragment made of granite stone discovered by K. P Jayaswal had Mauryan
Mauryan_polish
Building in Manhattan, New York
doorway, the joints of the rusticated facade are angled inward, creating voussoirs. Above the center of each window is a paneled keystone. The ground floor
Payne_Whitney_House
right. There are large pointed cutwaters on each side. The arches have voussoirs, and the main arches have a projecting band and a parapet with flat-pointed
Listed buildings in Lindley, North Yorkshire
Listed_buildings_in_Lindley,_North_Yorkshire
and voussoirs, and a stable door with a moulded lintel and a window above. The barn to the right has a segmental-arched cart entry with voussoirs, and
Listed buildings in Haworth, Cross Roads and Stanbury
Listed_buildings_in_Haworth,_Cross_Roads_and_Stanbury
Chapel located in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France
almost all the other exterior sculpture with the exception of that in the voussoirs, and the arches over the portal. They also sacked the interior, destroying
Sainte-Chapelle_de_Vincennes
Former cinema in Bristol, England
approached by steps from the street. This is surmounted by a lunette and voussoir above which is an oculus as an attic window. It opened as the Cheltenham
Academy_Cinema,_Bristol
Pub in Welburn-on-Derwent, North Yorkshire, England
a canted bay window. The other windows are sashes with flat arches of voussoirs, those on the upper floor with keystones, and in the attic are three gabled
Crown_&_Cushion
The bridge is in stone, and consists of a single elliptical arch with voussoirs. It has a stone band and copings, a plain parapet and piers. II Bridge
Listed_buildings_in_Gnosall
Houses in Manhattan, New York
segmentally arched windows, each topped by lintels, which contain terracotta voussoirs flanking a keystone. There is a white spandrel panel separating the first-
146–156_East_89th_Street
full-height gabled porch containing a doorway with a rusticated surround and voussoirs, and a semicircular hood mould, above which is a four-light window and
Listed buildings in Bolton Abbey
Listed_buildings_in_Bolton_Abbey
United States historic place
window bays had a set of three windows on each story; the windows featured voussoirs and large keystones, and a stone belt course ran above the windows on
Building at 210–212 West North Street
Building_at_210–212_West_North_Street
Islamic architectural element
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Mashrabiya
contain sash windows with flat arches, exposed sash boxes, terracotta voussoirs, and keystones. II 109 High Street 54°20′22″N 1°26′01″W / 54.33932°N
Listed buildings in Northallerton
Listed_buildings_in_Northallerton
Construction in stone of alternating colours
century during the Umayyad period, features ablaq light and dark stone voussoirs in the arches of its inner colonnade. The origins of the marble ablaq
Ablaq
Egyptian dance
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Raqs_sharqi
Town hall in Troyes, France
was completed in 1937. They were fenestrated by casement windows with voussoirs on the ground floor and by casement windows with cornices on the first
Hôtel_de_Ville,_Troyes
Dane. It is built in stone and consists of two segmental arches with voussoirs and hood moulds. On the downstream side the cutwater rises to form a pedestrian
Listed buildings in North Rode
Listed_buildings_in_North_Rode
Palace in Florence, Italy
rooms. The palazzo has mullioned paired windows (bifore); the radiating voussoirs of the arches increase in length as they rise to the keystone, a detail
Palazzo_Strozzi
United States historic place
piers of the bridge are constructed of coursed granite ashlar and the voussoirs are dressed granite with single keystones. The spandrels, the space between
Division Street Bridge (Rhode Island)
Division_Street_Bridge_(Rhode_Island)
Commercial building in Rochford, Essex, England
surmounted by voussoirs. The outer bays were fenestrated by round headed sash windows which were also flanked by pilasters and surmounted by voussoirs. There
Corn_Exchange,_Rochford
Palestinian village in Tubas Governorate
eighteenth or nineteenth centuries. Built of dressed stone, it preserves voussoirs above the entrance and a domed roof. The Reḥov mosaic inscription from
Kashda
Compression-only shape mirroring a hanging chain
architecture Oxford University Press 1996, funicular. Woodman & Heyman 2003, The voussoir arch. Tomlow 2011, p. 219. Escudier & Atkins 2019, funicular polygon. Markou
Funicular_curve
Aspect of Bedouin society
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Honor_codes_of_the_Bedouin
ending in round pillars with caps. On the downstream side are chamfered voussoirs. Beck House 54°06′32″N 2°21′15″W / 54.10892°N 2.35426°W / 54.10892;
Listed_buildings_in_Austwick
with shaped imposts, and a richly carved pediment with a cartouche in voussoirs. Rose House 54°15′20″N 0°59′47″W / 54.25553°N 0.99642°W / 54.25553;
Listed buildings in Nawton, North Yorkshire
Listed_buildings_in_Nawton,_North_Yorkshire
chamfered surround, imposts and a hood mould. Above it is a relieving arch of voussoirs, and there are other arched doorways, and windows. II* Beauvale Priory
Listed_buildings_in_Greasley
Beck. It is in sandstone, and consists of a single segmental arch with voussoirs. The bridge has a band, a parapet of smaller stones, with segmental stone
Listed_buildings_in_Akebar
flush frames, and all the openings have flat arches and painted brick voussoirs. II The Black Horse Public House and 91 Church Street 54°29′16″N 0°36′43″W
Listed buildings in Whitby (central area - east)
Listed_buildings_in_Whitby_(central_area_-_east)
Topics referred to by the same term
Springer fork, a type of motorcycle fork Springer (architecture), the first voussoir of an arch Springer (surname) Springer School and Center, a school in Cincinnati
Springer
valve, vault, volte, voluble, volume, voluminous, volva, Volvox, volvulus, voussoir, vulva vom- discharge Latin vomere vomit, vomition, vomitory, vomitus vor-
List of Greek and Latin roots in English/P–Z
List_of_Greek_and_Latin_roots_in_English/P–Z
Ahwazi musician
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Hassaan_Al-Gazaar_Al-Chinani
sandstone, and consists of a single wide segmental arch. The bridge has voussoirs, a band, a humped deck, and parapets with triangular coping stones. II
Listed_buildings_in_Garsdale
Commercial office and retail building in British Columbia, Canada
rough-dressed sandstone of varied texture, with round-headed windows set with voussoirs and engaged columns, raised upon granite foundations. Entrances were originally
Flack_Block
Medieval square in Pontevedra, Spain
semicircular arch with five large voussoirs typical of the Renaissance, and a coat of arms on the central voussoir with the arms of the Menelau or Menelao
Plaza_Alonso_de_Fonseca
Town hall in Sceaux, France
first floor. The other bays were fenestrated by round-headed windows with voussoirs and keystones on the ground floor, and by casement windows with triangular
Hôtel_de_Ville,_Sceaux
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n.
The exterior curve of an arch; esp., the upper curved face of the whole body of voussoirs. See Intrados.
n.
One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
n.
The interior curve of an arch; esp., the inner or lower curved face of the whole body of voussoirs taken together. See Extrados.
n.
More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.
n.
The central or topmost stone of an arch. This in some styles is made different in size from the other voussoirs, or projects, or is decorated with carving. See Illust. of Arch.
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