Cous"si*net` (k??s"s?-n?t`), n.
[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.