cor·bel (kôr b l, -b l )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. [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.] |
corbel [ˈkɔːbəl] Architect
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(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Also called truss a bracket, usually of stone or brick
vb -bels, -belling, -belled US, -bels -beling, -beled
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) (tr) to lay (a stone or brick) so that it forms a corbel
[from Old French, literally: a little raven, from Medieval Latin corvellus, from Latin corvus raven]
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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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