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cor·bel
[kawr-buhl] noun, verb, cor·beled, cor·bel·ing or (especially British) cor·belled, cor·bel·ling. Architecture noun
1.
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
2.
a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.
verb (used with object)
3.
to set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually followed by out).
4.
to support by means of a corbel or corbels.
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Corbel
is always a great word to know.
So is elevation. Does it mean:
| a vault with a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere |
| a drawing that represents an object or structure as being projected geometrically on a vertical plane parallel to one of its sides |
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin corvellus, equivalent to Latin corv(us) raven1 + -ellus diminutive suffix
1375–1425; late Middle English < Middle French < Medieval Latin corvellus, equivalent to Latin corv(us) raven1 + -ellus diminutive suffix
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Word Origin & History
corbel
mid-14c., from O.Fr. dim. of corb, from L. corvus "raven;" so called from its beaked shape.
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