voussoir's Usage Examples:

voussoir tiles in the hypocaust chamber where we would expect to find stacks of flat tiles.

The arch ring can be treated as a blockwork structure composed of rigid voussoirs.

The filling between the girders and floor beams consists of segmental arches of brick, segmental or flat arches of porous (sawdust) terra-cotta, or hard-burned hollow terra- - cotta voussoirs, or various patented forms of con crete floors containing ties or supports of steel or iron.

arch with voussoirs of edge stones; two low wooden gates close off entrance.

thick extending over the middle third of the depth of the voussoir joints, the rest of the joints being left open.

We found stacks of box flue tiles and voussoir tiles in the hypocaust chamber where we would expect to find stacks of flat tiles.

arch of voussoirs, now fitted with a pair of modern wrought iron gates.

The arches, round or more often pointed in form, were decorated with moulded terra-cotta enrichments, and often with alternating voussoirs of marble.

North wall: in the lowest stage is a round-headed 19thC doorway, the arch turned in pink sandstone voussoirs.

A similarly variegated effect in red and white is produced by building the arches of windows and doors with alternating voussoirs in brick and marble.

The difficulty of casting heavy arch ribs led to the construction of cast iron arches of cast voussoirs, somewhat like the voussoirs of masonry chambers and air locks, a feat unprecedented in the annals of engineering.

If the pressure on the lead is uniformly varying, the centre of pressure must be within the middle third of the width of the lead; that is, it cannot deviate from the centre of the voussoir -- Scale of Feet 50 100 200 300 FIG.

could be ascertained, the line of pressure lies within the middle half of the depth of the voussoirs.

Synonyms:

building block, arch,

Antonyms:

unplayful, straighten, inferior,