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 thirdvoussoir on the right and the key.
Its ellipse is composed of eight voussoirs, four on each side, and a key with a small wedge-shaped stone voussoir on each side of it.
The greatest victory of the voussoir is to annihilate the cornice, and receive an ornament of its own outline, and entirely limited by its own joints: and yet this may be seen in the very early apse of Murano.
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.
Even a parallel to the expression of the voussoir may be found in the Lombardic and Norman divisions of the shafts, by zigzags and other transverse ornamentation, which in the end are all swept away by the canaliculated mouldings.
Each block or voussoir should be cut to fit exactly in its appointed place, the joints being made as fine as possible.
Are you still wondering what the extrados of a voussoir is?
Tomlinson, can you tell me what the extrados of a voussoir is?
Carlton was taking the busier advantage of a brilliant interval, and roughing out a new voussoir with the bold precision of the expert mason.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "voussoir" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
