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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Voussoir \Vous`soir"\, n. [F., akin to vo[^u]te an arch, a vault.] (Arch.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

voussoir n 1: wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault