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adj. - Having an architectural member which projects from within a wall and supports a superincumbent weight

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  • Just like a corbelled arch and a keystone arch are both defined as arches.
  • Comparing a corbelled arch opening to a slab and lintel opening would be unlike to unlike.
  • The other angles have narrow buttresses running up to circular bartizans boldly corbelled out from the battlements.
  • The side, front and rear walls of the furnace should be corbelled out to cover about one-third of the total grate surface.
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