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2. Corbel - Wikipedia

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   A corbel table is a projecting moulded string course supported by a range of corbels. Sometimes these corbels carry a small arcade under the string course, the arches of which are pointed and trefoiled.

3. Corbel arch - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Corbel (typeface) - Wikipedia

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   Corbel is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Jeremy Tankard for Microsoft. It is part of the ClearType Font Collection , a suite of fonts from various designers released with Windows Vista .

5. Viga (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   Decorative corbels were used in the portales and in the interiors. New technologies, especially in Pueblo Revival Architecture, were integrated. The practice of anchoring vigas with rebar through pre-drilled holes at opposing angles and the designing of parapets for anchoring, was ideal for vigas in low flat roofs. This was used to prevent roof ...

6. Bracket (architecture) - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. History of construction - Wikipedia

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   The corbelled roof of Newgrange (c. 3,200 BC) shows that corbel arches were used since the neolithic age. [10] [11] One of the largest structures of this period was the Neolithic long house. It was a long, narrow timber dwelling built by the first farmers in Europe at least as early as 5000 to 6000 BC.