corbel

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.

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[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) architect

n

(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

Imperative

corbel

corbel

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	corbel - (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) truss 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" furnish, provide, supply, render - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

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Translations

corbel

[ˈkɔːbəl] N → ménsula f, repisa f

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corbel

n → Kragstein m, → Konsole f

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