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Definition of Corbelled
1. Adjective. Having a corbel.
Definition of Corbelled
1. Adjective. Having corbels. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Corbelled
1. corbel [v] - See also: corbel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corbelled
Literary usage of Corbelled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Commission Appointed to Inquire Into Matters Connected with by Wilson, John, 1809-1869 (1863)
"... others to be thickened to suit the upper walls, others to be corbelled over,
all presenting the consequences of gross want of attention in . ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"Until the time of Charles I., however, and even later, many mediaeval features
were retained; such were the round corner turrets corbelled out at the top to ..."
3. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1906)
"Walls of fortified towns, tombs of corbelled construction, in this respect not
unlike those of Mycenae (for which see Book III), and similar buildings ..."
4. Archaeologia Cambrensis by Cambrian Archaeological Association (1855)
"The latter, in order to form a more massive support for the towers, introduce a
third order rising from clustered and corbelled shafts attached to the inner ..."
5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1861)
"A corbelled cornice and parapet complete the height of the tower itself, ...
The organ-chamber opens both into the aisle and chancel by corbelled arches ..."
6. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Dock Engineering by Brysson Cunningham (1904)
"The bottom ring, differing from the others, is called a corbelled ring, because
it is made less in thickness all round the bottom edge, in order to fit into ..."
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