A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 399
Corbel at Kirkstall Abbey, 1150. which in (lothic architecture serv^e as starting places for vaulting-ribs. Sometimes the.se are 674 CORBEL simple cnls dc lam.pe; but sometimes they aredwarf vaulting shafts, with caps ami bases. — R. S. … Corbel at Polebrook, Northamptonshire,c. 1200. CORBEL (v.). To build outward, by ]iro-jcctiug successive courses of masonry beyondthose below. Generally, to i-orbel out. CORBEL ARCH. A span of stoneworkconstructed by regularly advancing successivecom-ses, till the top ones nearly meet, when along…
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