corbel

cor·bel  (kôrbl, -bl)

n.

A bracket 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 also cor·belled, cor·bel·ing also cor·bel·ling, cor·bels also cor·bels

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

Noun

Archit a stone or timber support sticking out of a wall [Old French: a little raven]

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"