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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread corbel(ling) #79873 09/05/2002 8:16 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park Over in words from Classical mythology, Dr bill offers Tholos The post includes this sentence; corbelling in this case means making roof of successively smaller overhanging circles until a capstone can be applied. What else would corbelling mean? i know sometimes it can be used to make a bee hive roof, but it can also used to describe an outward projection, bricks that have been corbelled out, to create a shelf for a window box, or an ornate cornice for a roof. but inward or outward, corbelling is a change in dimension, by layering.. XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: corbel(ling) #79874 09/05/2002 8:40 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear pf troy. Thanks for your diagram. As a jest, you may now retire to your tholos, and replace the capstone. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: corbel(ling) #79875 09/05/2002 10:52 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Hey, of troy, and then there are corbie steps, which look like your diagram! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: corbel(ling) #79876 09/06/2002 8:29 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England What else would corbelling mean? Would you talk about corbelling those tiered special occasion cakes? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: corbel(ling) #79877 09/06/2002 4:11 PM Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK dxb Pooh-Bah dxb Pooh-Bah Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 1,692 UK Only if they step out to make the cake bigger as it goes up. Or you could try turning the cake upside down...perhaps not! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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