dosseret
/ˌdɒsəˈrɛt/
noun
- A stone block placed above a column capital in architecture, often in Byzantine or Romanesque buildings, to support an arch or vault.
- The museum displayed a fragment of a dosseret from a medieval basilica.
- The ancient church featured carved dosserets between the columns and the arches.
- Architecture students studied how the dosseret distributes weight from the vault above.