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
A cornice of corbelled arches crowns the nave wall.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
The cornice and chimney tops are corbelled, and there are iron cresting and finials on the ridge of the hipped roof.
From The Fairfax County Courthouse by Ross De Witt Netherton
It has been modernised, but the three apses are untouched externally, crowned with a corbelled arcuated cornice, the centre one being the largest.
From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson
