Corbel — Defs

01 n. A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

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A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.(Arch.)

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

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

Phrases & compounds

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