corbelling
Successive stone overhang
Corbelling is a construction technique where successive courses of stone, brick, or other material project beyond the course below, creating a stepped or curved overhang.
The method supports structures like arches, domes, or balconies without requiring a central framework: The ancient tomb featured corbelling that had held for three thousand years.
Each layer bears the weight of those above while anchoring into the wall behind.
Beam supported one end
- bracketingTaking varied exposure shots
- squinchCorner arch supporting dome
- jettiesStructures extending into water
- projectionSomething that extends outward
Precision-cut building stone
- coursingMoving swiftly through
- bondingForming close connections
- mortarGrinding bowl or binder
- pointingDirecting attention somewhere
quoin · rubble · bricklaying · laying · jointing · bedding · header · stretcher
Sustaining structural mass
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- bracketSupport or category
- buttressArchitectural wall reinforcement
thrust · compression · spanning · bearing · abutment · reinforcement · stability
Low wall at edge
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- orielProjecting upper-story window
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- battlementToothed fortress wall crown
Carbonate sedimentary rock
- sandstoneCemented grain sediment
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- brickFired clay building unit
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
fieldstone · basalt · marble · rough-hewn · quarried
cantilever
Beam supported one end
- bracketingTaking varied exposure shots
- squinchCorner arch supporting dome
- jettiesStructures extending into water
ashlar
Precision-cut building stone
pointing · quoin · rubble · bricklaying · laying · jointing · bedding · header · stretcher · mason
load-bearing
Sustaining structural mass
- supportTo uphold or sustain
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- bracketSupport or category
buttress · thrust · compression · spanning · bearing · abutment · reinforcement · stability
parapet
Low wall at edge
- balconyRaised exterior platform
- orielProjecting upper-story window
- turretProtruding fortified structure
battlement · minaret · apse · vault · chimney · gothic · byzantine
limestone
Carbonate sedimentary rock
slate · fieldstone · basalt · marble · rough-hewn · quarried