dosseret

[dos-uh-ret]

dos·se·ret

[dos-uh-ret]
noun Architecture.
a supplementary capital or thickened abacus, as in Byzantine architecture.
Also called impost block.


Origin:
1860–65; < French, diminutive of dossier dosser1
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Dosseret is always a great word to know.
So is foil. Does it mean:
an arc or a rounded space between cusps, as in the carved decoration of a window or other ornamentation
a slablike member beneath the base of a column or pier or a square base of a pedestal
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