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Webster 1913 Edition
Coussinet
Cous′si-netˊ
(k??s′s?-n?tˊ)
, Noun.
[F., dim. of
coussin cushion
. See Cushionet
.] (Arch.)
(a)
A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
(b)
That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
Gwilt.