sb. [f. CORBEL sb. + -ING1.] Work consisting of corbels. Also attrib.
1548. Hall, Chron. (1809), 722. This woorke Corbolyng bare the candlestykes of antyke woorke.
1870. F. R. Wilson, Ch. Lindisf., 68. Two clever and quaint pieces of corbelling.
b. attrib.; also corbelling-piece = CORBEL 2 b.
1843. Weale’s Bridges, II. 90. The beam or brestsummer bearing from pile to pile may be strengthened by means of corbelling pieces.
1862. Rep. Directors E. Ind. Railw. Comp., 28. Jumna Bridge, Delhi…. The wells … have been built up solid, and the corbelling courses set.
