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.] |
corbelling US, corbeling [ˈkɔːbəlɪŋ]
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a set of corbels stepped outwards, one above another
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