Sekirov Dictionary

corbel

/ˈkɔːbəl/

noun 1
verb 1
forms 5
phrases 1

noun1

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A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
- The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels. — 1946

verb1

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

forms

corbeled · corbelled · corbeling · corbelling · corbels

Phrases with corbel

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

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