corbel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
    truss.
  2. verb furnish with a corbel

WordNet

Cor"bel noun
Etymology
F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. ✍ A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.
Cor"bel transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

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