corbel out

present singular third person corbels out · US participle present corbeling out · UK participle present corbelling out · US participle past corbeled out · US past corbeled out · UK participle past corbelled out · UK past corbelled out

1. transitivearchitectureTo furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one below it.

   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.

   1922, J. D. Beresford, The Prisoners Of Hartling

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   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.

   1905, Charles Herbert Moore, Character of Renaissance Architecture, Chapter 11

   Synonyms: corbel off