Associations to the word «Corbelling»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
CORBEL, noun. (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
CORBEL, verb. (transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
CORBEL OUT, verb. (transitive) (architecture) To furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one below it.
CORBEL TABLE, noun. (architecture) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them.
CORBEL TABLES, noun. Plural of corbel table
Dictionary definition
CORBEL, noun. (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent).
CORBEL, verb. Furnish with a corbel.
Wise words
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