corbelling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A doorway just large enough to be entered with comfort leads through the thickness of the wall into a round chamber roofed by corbelling, with the assistance sometimes of one or more pillars.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
It is roofed by the successive overlapping or corbelling of the upper courses.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
This angle contains the tower staircase, which is lighted by a little window in the upper corbelling and is reached from the clearstorey gallery of the transept.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric by Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
The church, which dates from the fifteenth century, is a most beautiful brown brick building with delicate corbelling under the eaves.
From A Wanderer in Venice by Harry Morley
In the passage the roof is of slabs laid right across, but the roof of the chamber is formed by corbelling.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
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