voussoir in a sentence
Examples
- Articulated voussoirs capped with pediments top the pavilion's second story flat-arch windows.
- All the windows on the first floor have round segmental arches, sandstone voussoirs and awnings.
- In each case, three of the western jamb stones and two voussoirs are now visible.
- The gates are embellished with marble bars which have faux voussoirs ( alternately smooth or sculpted ).
- The arch was supported by voussoirs made of " irregular rubble stone ", without a keystone.
- All masonry openings have segmental arches with voussoirs ( wedge-shaped stones ) of matching limestone.
- The entry is set within a recessed limestone surround, surmounted by a radiating voussoir with keystone.
- A decorative feature of the facade is the large arch of voussoirs which rises above the windows.
- The window reveals are in rendered brickwork and are surmounted with alternating green and pink stone voussoirs.
- Unlike voussoir arches, which require support for each element until the equilateral arch can be thinner still.