Corbelling Stone or wood projecting from a wall or chimney for support or decoration.
Corinthian The type of Greek column characterized by simulated acanthus leaves.
corbelling (2) -- an arch consisting of architectural members projecting ourward from a wall and bearing the weight of the next course above it. Each course projects slightly beyond the one below. (Biers, 335)
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Corbelling.
Brick or masonry courses built out beyond one another like a series of corbels to support a chimney stack or window etc.
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CORBELLING
Masonry course that steps out farther than the one below.
CORNER BOARDS
Mitered or butted vertical trims at the junction of two walls.
Corbelling, where rows of corbels gradually build a wall out from the vertical, has long been used as a simple kind of vaulting, ...
Of corbelling, with corbels set touching at different depths.ChequerworkA pattern of chequered squares made with contrasting materials.
An arch, a lintel, corbelling, or a system of such members, built across the interior corner of two walls, as at the top of a tower, to serve as a foundation for the diagonal or canted side of a superimposed octagonal spire or lantern.
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This may be done by corbelling out in the angles, in which case the pendentive may be a portion of a hemisphere of which the half diagonal of the square hall is the radius; or by throwing a series of arches across the angle, ...
Some of the most impressive examples of muqarnas on the exterior of buildings are where it is used as corbelling for balconies on minarets.
TOURELLE A small tower, often trimmed with corbelling.
TOWER A tall structure,either square or round in shape, rising higher than the rest of the building.
Often carved, particularly in Gothic Architecture, where heads and foliage are common. Corbelling, is building out by projecting over the block below.
CORBEL
Projecting block supporting something above. Corbelling brick or masonry courses built out beyond one another to support a chimney-stack, window, etc.
Corbels are used to support cornices, turrets, brackets, ribs and oriel windows. A corbel is also a a stone or piece of wood that supports a superincumbent weight. See also Corbelling.
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 See also: Corbel, House, Architecture, Church, Masonry
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