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corbelled

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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.
[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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Adj.1.corbelled - having a corbel
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