enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Corbel - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbel

   In architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, [1] a type of bracket. [2] A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure.

3. Glossary of architecture - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_architecture

   A heavy wooden or metallic grid vertically-sliding down and thus blocking the main gateway of a medieval castle or fortification. Porte-cochère An often ornate porch- or portico-like structure at a main or secondary entrance to a building through which vehicles can pass in order for the occupants to alight under cover, protected from the weather.

4. Corbel arch - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corbel_arch

   A corbel arch (or corbeled / corbelled arch) is an arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to span a space or void in a structure, such as an entranceway in a wall or as the span of a bridge. A corbel vault uses this technique to support the superstructure of a building's roof.

5. Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bracket_(architecture)

   [1] [2] It can be made of wood, stone, plaster, metal, or other media. A corbel or console are types of brackets. [3] In mechanical engineering a bracket is any intermediate component for fixing one part to another, usually larger, part. What makes a bracket a bracket is that it is intermediate between the two and fixes the one to the other.

6. Overhang (architecture) - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhang_(architecture)

   Overhang on 16th century Tomb of Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, India. In architecture, an overhang is a protruding structure that may provide protection for lower levels. . Overhangs on two sides of Pennsylvania Dutch barns protect doors, windows, and other lower-level structu

7. Battlement - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlement

   Battlements may be stepped out to overhang the wall below, and may have openings at their bases between the supporting corbels, through which stones or burning objects could be dropped onto attackers or besiegers; these are known as machicolations.