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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cor•bel (kôr′bəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -beled, -bel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -belled, -bel•ling. [Archit.]n. - Building, Architectureany bracket, esp. one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
- Building, Biographicala short horizontal timber supporting a girder.
v.t. - Building, Architectureto set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually fol. by out).
- Building, Architectureto support by means of a corbel or corbels.
- Medieval Latin corvellus, equivalent. to Latin corv(us) raven1 + -ellus diminutive suffix
- Middle French
- late Middle English 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: corbel /ˈkɔːbəl/ n - Also called: truss a bracket, usually of stone or brick
vb ( -bels, -belling, -belled, US -bels, -beling, -beled)- (transitive) to lay (a stone or brick) so that it forms a corbel
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, literally: a little raven, from Medieval Latin corvellus, from Latin corvus raven |