corbelling
Britishnoun
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In shape it is a half-octagon set diagonally, and is upheld by circular corbelling.
From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson
Two courses of corbelling also appeared on the two chimneys located at the back and in the center section of the building.
From The Fairfax County Courthouse by Ross De Witt Netherton
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
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
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