corbel
noun
- piece of masonry jutting out of a wall to carry any superincumbent weight
verb
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Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːbəl/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”), named for the shape's resemblance to a crow's beak. Doublet of corbeau.
- A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
“The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”), named for the shape's resemblance to a crow's beak. Doublet of corbeau.
- To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.