corbel
noun
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
corbelled
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past participleof corbel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof corbel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
corbelnounany bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
Example Sentences
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We descended alone into the pharaoh’s burial chamber, where the twins’ voices echoed off the high corbelled ceiling.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2019
I arrived in a large tomb chamber with a soaring corbelled ceiling.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 2, 2015
Below the dome arches the central area communicates with the surrounding ambulatory on the north, west, and south sides by large semicircular arches corbelled slightly out from the piers.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
Three courses of brick are corbelled to make the capping of the chimneys.
From Green Spring Farm Fairfax County, Virginia by Nan Netherton
The pendentives, like all pendentives that could be examined, were formed of horizontal courses corbelled out to the circle.
From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen
