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cor·bel
[kawr-buh
l] 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.
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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corbel (ˈkɔːbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Also called: truss a bracket, usually of stone or brick |
| —vb , -bels, -belling, -belled, -bels, -beling, -beled | |
| 2. | (tr) to lay (a stone or brick) so that it forms a corbel |
| [C15: from Old French, literally: a little raven, from Medieval Latin corvellus, from Latin corvus raven] | |
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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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Example sentences
The first story is separated from the second by a pronounced corbel table.
The horizontality of the building's facade is emphasized with belt courses and a corbel table beneath the cornice line.
A corbel table is a projecting moulded string course supported by a range of corbels.
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