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Ajoggle is a joint or projection that interlocks blocks (such as alintel's stone blocks or an arch'svoussoirs). Often joggles are semicircular and knob-shaped, so joggled stones have a jigsaw- or zigzag-like pattern.
Joggling can be found in pre-Frankish buildings, inRoman Spain andRoman France.[2] InIslamic architecture, the earliest joggles were in thedesert castles of theUmayyad Caliphate, such asQasr al-Hayr al-Sharqi.[2] InMamluk architecture, joggling is usually combined withablaq (alternating colors).[2]Joggling also characterizeOttoman architecture in Cairo.[3]
The protruding joggle is also called a "he-joggle", whereas the corresponding slot is called a "she-joggle".[4]
The round arches of these niches show a joggling of the voussoirs rare in Roman architecture
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