Joggled voussoirs
Term used to describe a method of construction where stones in an arch or composite lintel are interlocked.
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VOUSSOIRS - stones than make the arch (usually brick or wedge-shaped).
IMPOST - the part of the arch's wall (usually molding) on which the arch rests.
Voussoirs: Any of the pieces, in the shape of a truncated wedge, that make up an arch or vault.
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Voussoirs
The wedge-shaped stones that form the curved portions of an arch or a vaulted ceiling. Also see: arch, archivolt, keystone, springer.
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Voussoirs - Trapezoidal shaped blocks of an arch, laid in compression, culminating in the keystone.
Voussoirs replaced with pre-cast units (detail).
- see bridge case study.
Notice that the voussoirs atop the windows are in a different colour from the other stone of the building giving a dichromatic effect, an element that was, again, admired by Ruskin.
A flat arch having voussoirs inclined to the same angle on each side of the center keystone.
french door
A tall casement window that reaches to the floor and opens like a door. It is a popular accent that brings more light into a home.
In the earlier stage of rib vaulting, the arched ribs consisted of independent or separate voussoirs down to the springing; the difficulty, however, ...
French arch - A flat arch having voussoirs inclined to the same angle on each side of the center keystone.
French arch - a flat arch having voussoirs inclined to the same angle on each side of the center ...
An arch sometimes consists of wedge-shaped blocks called voussoirs
Baskethandle (elliptical) arches are found in Italianate, Beaux Arts Classical styles
A compound arch is an arch formed by concentric arches set within one another ...
flat arch, straight arch - an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados
headstone, keystone, key - the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
pier arch - an arch supported on piers ...
Spring - Level at which the springers (voussoirs) of an arch rise from their supports.
Squint - Observation hole in wall or room.
Stepped - Recessed in a series of ledges.
a curved architectural member, generally consisting of wedge-shaped blocks (voussoirs), which is used to span an opening; it transmits the downward pressure laterally.
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Flat
Flat arches are either level or have a slightly curved arch. This arch has supportive voussoirs, which are wedge-shaped stones or bricks.
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.
Romanesque characteristic includes rounded arches over porch supports, entry ways, or windows. Most often these arches were set on squat columns or massive piers or sometimes built directly into the wall. Arches were enhanced by masonry voussoirs ...
 See also: Voussoir, Architecture, Arches, Brick, Vault
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