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Corbelling meaning
A series of corbels or piece of continuous corbelled masonry.
Example sentences (2)
Corbelling Corbelled arch at the south gate of Angkor Thom Corbelled hallway at Ta Prohm Angkorian engineers tended to use the corbel arch in order to construct rooms, passageways and openings in buildings.
The use of corbelling prevented the Angkorian engineers from constructing large openings or spaces in buildings roofed with stone, and made such buildings particularly prone to collapse once they were no longer maintained.