Definitions for: Corbel

[n] (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
[v] furnish with a corbel, as in architecture

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

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.
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.

Synonyms: truss

See Also: bracket, cul de lampe, furnish, provide, render, supply

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