corbel, truss
(noun) (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
corbel
(verb) furnish with a corbel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
corbel (plural corbels)
(architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
corbel (third-person singular simple present corbels, present participle corbeling or corbelling, simple past and past participle corbeled or corbelled)
(transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
• Cobler, cobler
Source: Wiktionary
Cor"bel, n. Etym: [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.)
Definition: A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.
Cor"bel, v. t.
Definition: To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 January 2025
(noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development; “the political ferment produced new leadership”; “social unrest”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
