corbelling
Britishnoun
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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
The roof is formed by corbelling the walls and finishing off with slabs laid across.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
The so-called “bee-hive” cell, which goes back to pre-Christian times, was built of rough stone rubble without mortar, and roofed in the same manner by corbelling over the courses of masonry.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
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
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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