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corbel

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CORBEL

n.[See the preceding words. ] 1. In architecture, the representation of a basket, sometimes set on the heads of caryatides.
2. The vase or tambour of the Corinthian column; so called from its resemblance to a basket.

 

CORBEL

n. 1. A short piece of timber in a wall, jutting six or eight inches, as occasion requires, in the manner of a shoulderpiece; sometimes placed for strength under the semigirder of a platform. The under part is sometimes cut into the form of a boultin; sometimes of an ogee, or of a face, etc.
2. A niche or hollow left in walls for images, figures or statues.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CORBEL

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. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

CORBEL

CORBEL Cor "bel, v. t.

 

Defn: 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.

 

CORBELING; CORBELLING

CORBELING; CORBELLING Cor "bel *ing, Cor "bel *ling, n.

 

Defn: Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.

 

CORBEL-TABLE

CORBEL-TABLE Cor "bel-ta `ble, n. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

corbel

cor bel |ˈkôrbəl ˈkɔrbəl | ▶noun a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it. ▶verb ( corbels, corbeling, corbeled; chiefly Brit. corbels, corbelling, corbelled ) [ with obj. ] (often be corbeled out ) support (a structure such as an arch or balcony ) on corbels. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of corp ‘crow, ’ from Latin corvus ‘raven ’ (perhaps because of the shape of a corbel, resembling a crow's beak ).

 

corbel table

cor bel ta ble ▶noun a projecting course of bricks or stones resting on corbels.

 

Oxford Dictionary

corbel

corbel |ˈkɔːb (ə )l | ▶noun a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it. ▶verb ( corbels, corbelling, corbelled; US corbels, corbeling, corbeled ) [ with obj. ] support (a structure ) on corbels: (as adj. corbelled ) : a very high corbelled vault. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of corp ‘crow ’, from Latin corvus ‘raven ’ (perhaps because of the shape of a corbel, resembling a crow's beak ).

 

corbel table

cor ¦bel table ▶noun a projecting course of bricks or stones resting on corbels.

 

Spanish Dictionary

corbela

corbela nombre femenino Alga marina de hojas aplanadas de color pardo o verde oliváceo .