corbelled

Most castles and churches had wooden roofs as the technique for making the corbelled (or other) stone roofs was complicated and put a lot of weight on the walls.

The Rock of Cashel, Ireland « Colleen Anderson 2009

You'll need a black belt in jargon to describe some of these features – is that a mix of banded and vermiculated rustication on those corbelled columnar shafts?

The Renaissance in Britain: examples from the era 2011

Built entirely from salvaged materials, the folly became an exercise in utilizing familiar construction components in unconventional, yet visually striking ways: stacked chunks of 2×4s evoke corbelled masonry, corrugated galvanized steel hand-flattened and trimmed set off a sleek shingled rooftop, and tension-reinforced rafter-tail cutoffs form the distinct conical cover.

DIY Meditation Temple Built from Salvaged Materials | Inhabitat 2010

Wherever in Inverness a person stands, he/she immediately notices the slender towers and turrets corbelled out at the corners and over the from door, slate roof, pierced parapet, fenestration and decorative bartisans ie over-hanging, wall-mounted turrets projecting from the walls of medieval fortifications.

Inverness Town House - Victorian public architecture Hels 2009

Wherever in Inverness a person stands, he/she immediately notices the slender towers and turrets corbelled out at the corners and over the from door, slate roof, pierced parapet, fenestration and decorative bartisans ie over-hanging, wall-mounted turrets projecting from the walls of medieval fortifications.

Archive 2009-05-01 Hels 2009

Just like a corbelled arch and a keystone arch are both defined as arches.

Jesse Jackson, Day 2. Ann Althouse 2008

Comparing a corbelled arch opening to a slab and lintel opening would be unlike to unlike.

Jesse Jackson, Day 2. Ann Althouse 2008

But the Book Cadillac Hotel and the Statler-Hilton, those architectural wonders whose corbelled construction is museum-quality — they are empty, and padlocked.

In the Footsteps of Tocqueville Bernard-Henri L 2005

But the Book Cadillac Hotel and the Statler-Hilton, those architectural wonders whose corbelled construction is museum-quality — they are empty, and padlocked.

In the Footsteps of Tocqueville Bernard-Henri L 2005

After creeping through a narrow, sunken passageway, we stood in the burial chamber, under a corbelled stone ceiling, and learned that on June 21, the sunrise would light up that dark passage and flood the interior space.

Archive 2006-06-01 2006