corbel vault

noun

1. a structure having the form of a vault but constructed on the principle of a corbel arch.

Example Sentences

We cross rivulets formerly spanned by bridges, of which bricks and a corbel vault are still visible.

From Project Gutenberg

The reader will notice that in this monument the corbel vault is more convex, and recalls that of a ruinous palace at Palenque.

From Project Gutenberg