corbelling
Britishnoun
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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)
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)
In shape it is a half-octagon set diagonally, and is upheld by circular corbelling.
From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum
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 Corlette, Hubert C. (Hubert Christian)
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)
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