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dosseret

dosseret noun: a cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church.

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
    • Over the duke’s head is a daïs or “dosseret” of state. “As for the fashion of a dosseret”, says our lady, “seeing that many people don’t know what one is, a dosseret should be as wide as three widths of cloth of gold and made just like the canopy of a bed. A dosseret behind and above a dresser must...1916, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, volume 28, page 214

Examples of dosseret in a sentence

  • I think it is inferior to the dosseret, and the Corinthian examples of the nave will, I think, support my view.1895, Transactions of the St. Paul’s Ecclesiological Society, volume III, London: Alabaster, Passmore, and Sons, page 122:
  • Over the duke’s head is a daïs or “dosseret” of state.1916, The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs, volume 28, page 214:

Forms of dosseret

pluraldosserets

Origin of dosseret

From French dosseret.

Questions about dosseret

What does dosseret mean?
Dosseret means a cubical block of stone above the capitals in a Byzantine church.
How do you use dosseret in a sentence?
I think it is inferior to the dosseret, and the Corinthian examples of the nave will, I think, support my view.
What part of speech is dosseret?
Dosseret is a noun.
What is the plural of dosseret?
The plural of dosseret is dosserets.

Words near dosseret in the dictionary

  1. dossed off
  2. dossed out
  3. dossel
  4. dossels
  5. dosser
  6. dosseret
  7. dosserets
  8. dossers
  9. dosses
  10. dosses about
  11. dosses around

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