dosseret, or impost block
Cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church, used to carry the arches and vault, the springing of which had a superficial area greatly in excess of the column which carried them.
dosseret: block above a capital, as used in Byzantine and Romanesque architecture to help carry the voussoirs of the above arcade.
double pile: a house two rooms thick in plan.
being taken from Byzantine churches. The illustration of the capital in S. Vitale, Ravenna (figs. g and io) shows above it the dosseret required to carry the arch, the springing of which was much wider than the abacus of the capital.
Gable above a dormer (window projecting from the slope of a roof), often formed as a pediment.DorterThe dormitory of an abbey or monastery, traditionally placed in the east range off the cloister.Dosseret
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 See also: Arch, Gable, Doric, Capital, Ornament
  
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