corbelling
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Netherton, Ross De Witt
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 Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)
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 Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)
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 Peet, T. Eric (Thomas Eric)
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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