corbel

How To Use corbel In A Sentence

• Amateurs can easily fill the tubes using simple agricultural tools, after which bags are arranged in a spiral that is gradually corbelled inwards as it ascends to form a dome.
• In the medieval Hall of St Mary, Green Men occur as bosses, corbels, in tapestry, and in stained glass.
• A corbel is a stone bracket that projects from a wall or corner, either to support a beam or for decoration. Medieval corbel found in York
• Will any of your correspondents be so kind as to inform me if the device on the corbel was the badge of the knights of the order of St. John of Notes and Queries, Number 76, April 12, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
• Lots of applied corbels, do-dads, and heavy molding on cabinetry. Builders' Show: What's in and what's out in kitchen design
• shouldered arches," as they are commonly called, though each merely consists of a flat lintel resting on corbels, which is not strictly an arch at all. Bell's Cathedrals: The Priory Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Great, Smithfield A Short History of the Foundation and a Description of the Fabric and also of the Church of St. Bartholomew-the-Less
• I also was astonished by how different the aesthetic system wasthe vertiginous staircases, the corbel arches, the huge reliefs, etc. A Conversation with Charles C. Mann
• The traditional trefoil window arch expressed in timber is ubiquitous, along with corbelled timber dentils used as a supporting cornice.
• Above the triforium is the clerestory, which contains one light to each sub-bay, and surmounting all is the vaulting, which springs from the piers and from grotesquely carved corbels between the triforium arches. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Durham A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espiscopal See
• Characteristically, they feature pyramidal, domed or conical roofs built up of corbeled limestone slabs.