corbelling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is roofed by the successive overlapping or corbelling of the upper courses.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)
The roof is formed by corbelling the walls and finishing off with slabs laid across.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)
The chambers are built of upright slabs and are roofed by corbelling.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)
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
The roof is made either by laying large slabs across the tops of the sides or by corbelling with smaller slabs as at Stoney Littleton.
From Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders by Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)
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