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CORBELLINGS
Noun
corbellings
plural of corbelling
Source: Wiktionary
CORBELLING
Cor"bel*ing, Cor"bel*ling, n.
Definition: Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.
CORBEL
Cor"bel, n. Etym: [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.)
Definition: A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.
Cor"bel, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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