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noun An overlapping arrangement of bricks or stones in which each course extends farther out from the vertical of the wall than the course below.

Like many New York armories, it looks like a medieval fortress with towers and turrets and Romanesque corbeling. — New York Sun - All Articles
For instance, who would think that right here in New York there were people who specialized in corbeling? — Love Conquers All
Rain or shine, hot or cold, you will find them corbeling around like Trojans. — Love Conquers All
Or when they are not corbeling they may be toothing. — Love Conquers All
After seeing what is left of the girdle of the Virgin, which the verger thought it very important that we should see, we spent what time we had left in gazing up at the interesting corbeling of the nave and the two hollow, stone pyramids that form its roof. — In Château Land