corbel
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cor·bel
(kôr′bəl, -bĕl′)n.
A piece of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or arch.
tr.v. cor·beled, cor·bel·ing, cor·bels also cor·belled or cor·bel·ling
To provide with or support by a corbel or corbels.
[Middle English, from Old French, diminutive of corp, raven (from the similarity of its shape to that of a raven's beak), from Latin corvus.]
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corbel
(ˈkɔːbəl) architectn
(Architecture) Also called: truss a bracket, usually of stone or brick
vb, -bels, -belling or -belled, -bels, -beling or -beled
(Architecture) (tr) to lay (a stone or brick) so that it forms a corbel
[C15: from Old French, literally: a little raven, from Medieval Latin corvellus, from Latin corvus raven]
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cor•bel
(ˈkɔr bəl)n., v. -beled, -bel•ing (esp. Brit.) -belled, -bel•ling. n.
1. an architectural bracket or member, esp. of stone or brick, built into a wall and projecting from it to support a weight.
2. a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.
v.t. 3. to set (a stone, brick, etc.) so as to form a corbel.
4. to support with a corbel.
[1375–1425; < Middle French < Medieval Latin corvellus= Latin corv(us) raven1 + -ellus diminutive suffix]
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corbel
Past participle: corbelled
Gerund: corbelling
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| Noun | 1. |  corbel - (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)wall bracket, bracket - a support projecting from a wall (as to hold a shelf) architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| Verb | 1. | corbel - furnish with a corbel architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
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