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Pronunciation : Cor"bel
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.)
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Cor"bel
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913