Definition of "corbelling" []

• Present participle of corbel. (verb)

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• "One unexpected benefit from a minor loss of bricks from the corbelling ceiling of the gap was the exposure of ancient reeds laid in a horizontal layer between the courses of brick of the first phase construction."
• "Subsidence and corbelling in a long, low undercut 6.3 long by 0.95 m deep threatened the survival of this section of the north wall, which is still full-standing."
• "The corner was already weakened by a deep hole at its base and corbelling at foundation level, but it is suspected that unsupervised geological research in the vicinity was the final straw."