corbelling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It has no corbelling and no arched and cusped work; it is merely a plain piece of walling, slightly overhung with a weathered coping at the top and a moulded string beneath.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Chichester (1901) A Short History & Description Of Its Fabric With An Account Of The Diocese And See by Hubert C. (Hubert Christian) Corlette
The chambers are built of upright slabs and are roofed by corbelling.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
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
The walls in one case stood high enough to show, from the corbelling of their upper courses, that the huts were roofed in the same fashion as the nuraghi themselves.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
The chamber is circular, and roofed partly by corbelling and partly by a large slab.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by T. Eric (Thomas Eric) Peet
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