corbel

[CorĀ·bel]

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

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A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

Noun
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

Verb
furnish with a corbel


n.
A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

v. t.
To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.


Corbel

Cor"bel , 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. &hand; A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.

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. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

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