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dorseret

dorseret is the alternative form of dosseret.

Meaning of dosseret

Noun

dosseret (plural dosserets)

  1. A cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church.
    • A larger seat was required, however, for the base of the arches, and, therefore they introduced the abacus, which is simply a moulded dosseret, square, and of much less height than the Byzantine example. I think it is inferior to the dosseret, and the Corinthian examples of the nave will, I think...1895, Transactions of the St. Paul’s Ecclesiological Society, volume III, London: Alabaster, Passmore, and Sons, page 122

Forms of dorseret

pluraldorserets

Questions about dorseret

What is dorseret the alternative form of?
Dorseret is the alternative form of dosseret.

Words near dorseret in the dictionary

  1. dorse
  2. dorsed
  3. dorsel
  4. dorsels
  5. dorser
  6. dorseret
  7. dorsers
  8. dorses
  9. Dorset
  10. Dorset button
  11. Dorset buttons

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