Glossary · H
Hearting
Also called core
The core of rubble and mortar filling the inside of a thick wall or vault. In a corbelled vault it is the counterweight that keeps each overhanging half from tipping inward.
See also: Corbelled vault
Rules that use the word
Keep each half of a corbel vault over its wall. In a corbelled vault each course may project only a little beyond the one below, and each overhanging half must have its centre of gravity behind the inner face of its wall; load the tails of the stones with heavy hearting until the capstone is set.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Americas.
Nearby in the glossary
Harmonic mean · Haunch · Header · Hearth · Helix · Henge · Herbaceous border · Herringbone brickwork