corbel out

English

Verb

corbel out (third-person singular simple present corbels out, present participle (US) corbeling out or (UK) corbelling out, simple past and past participle (US) corbeled out or (UK) corbelled out)

  1. (transitive, architecture) To furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one below it.
    Synonym: corbel off
    • 1905, Charles Herbert Moore, Character of Renaissance Architecture, Chapter 11:
      The front of this tower [a staircase tower in Châteaudun], which is flush with the wall of the façade, is treated as an enriched bay, the upper two stories of it reaching above the main cornice, and being flanked by round turrets overhanging the wall, which is corbelled out to support them.
    • 1922, J. D. Beresford, The Prisoners Of Hartling:
      The modern house, although it had a well-designed south elevation, in which effective use had been made of mullioned oriel windows corbelled out from the first floor, was less successful inside—if the architect's intention had been to give the impression of age and dignity.

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