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dosserets

dosserets is the plural 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

Questions about dosserets

What is dosserets the plural of?
Dosserets is the plural of dosseret.

Words near dosserets in the dictionary

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

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