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CORBEL
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
Etymology
Noun
corbel (plural corbels)
(architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
Verb
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.
Anagrams
• 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
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