Corbel

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corbel \Cor"bel\, v. t.
     To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel;
     to make in the form of a corbel.
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     {To corbel out}, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each


        projecting beyond the one next below it.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Corbel \Cor"bel\ (k[^o]r"b[e^]l), n. [F. corbeau, for older
     corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the
     form of a basket.) See {Corbeil}.] (Arch.)
     A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving
     the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in
     Gothic architecture.
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     Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones
           or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next
           below it.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  corbel
       n : (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone
           (usually of slight extent) [syn: {truss}]
       v : furnish with a corbel