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Definitions for "Corbel Arch"
Keywords:  span, arch, masonry, entranceway, superstructure
Related Terms: Flying buttress, Buttress, Impost , Counterfort, Relieving arch, Respond, Corbelling, Brattice, Arcade, Vaulting, Niche, Jetty , Blind arcade, Vault, Corbel, Squinch, Parapet, Skewback, Spandrel, Curtain wall, Bartizan, Hoarding, Podium, Pilaster, Chimney breast, Machicolation, Arch, Bressumer, Gallery , Pier, Surbase, Centering, Coffer, Rib, Cap , Batter, Revetment, Wall, Tympanum, Mantel, Bearing wall, Knee wall, Lateral support, Half-timber, Footing, Vaulted ceiling, Palisade, Plinth, Cribbing, Foundation
Masonry built over a wall opening by uniformly projecting from each side until the units meet at midpoint. No arch action is effected-not a true arch.
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(architecture) an arch constructed of masonry courses that are corbelled until they meet
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a structure capable of spanning a space
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