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corbel

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Noun, Verb (usu participle)

HYPHEN

cor=bel

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun corbel has 1 sense

corbel(n = noun.artifact) truss - (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent);

is a kind of bracket, wall bracket

Derived form verb corbel₁

Verb corbel has 1 sense

corbel(v = verb.possession) - furnish with a corbel;

Derived form noun corbel₁

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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CIDE DICTIONARY

corbel, n. [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.].

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. [1913 Webster]

" A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it." [1913 Webster]

corbel, v. t.

To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. [1913 Webster]

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

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

corbel, n. & v. Archit.
--n.
1 a projection of stone, timber, etc., jutting out from a wall to support a weight.
2 a short timber laid longitudinally under a beam to help support it.
--v.tr. & intr. (corbelled, corbelling; US corbeled, corbeling) (foll. by out, off) support or project on corbels.

Idiom

corbel-table a projecting course resting on corbels.

Etymology

ME f. OF, dimin. of corp: see CORBIE

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ROGET THESAURUS

corbel

Support

N support, ground, foundation, base, basis, terra firma, bearing, fulcrum, bait, caudex crib, point d'appui, pou sto, purchase footing, hold, locus standi, landing place, landing stage, stage, platform, block, rest, resting place, groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention, floor, supporter, aid, prop, stand, anvil, fulciment, cue rest, jigger, monkey, stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage, sleeper, stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger, ratlings, staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle, bourdon, cowlstaff, lathi, mahlstick, post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster, pediment, pedicle, pedestal, plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle, buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment, baluster, banister, stanchion, balustrade, headstone, upright, door post, jamb, door jamb, frame, framework, scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis, trave, corner stone, summer, transom, rung, round, step, sill, angle rafter, hip rafter, cantilever, modillion, crown post, king post, vertebra, columella, backbone, keystone, axle, axletree, axis, arch, mainstay, trunnion, pivot, rowlock, peg, tiebeam, thole pin, board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet, trivet, arbor, rack, mantel, mantle piece, mantleshelf, slab, console, counter, dresser, flange, corbel, table, trestle, shoulder, perch, horse, easel, desk, clotheshorse, hatrack, retable, teapoy, seat, throne, dais, divan, musnud, chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall, arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair, couch, fauteuil, woolsack, ottoman, settle, squab, bench, aparejo, faldstool, horn, long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair, lamba chauki, lamba kursi, saddle, pannel, pillion, side saddle, pack saddle, pommel, bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed, cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead, four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang, bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse, pillow, bolster, mat, rug, cushion, footstool, hassock, tabouret, tripod, monopod, Atlas, Persides, Atlantes, Caryatides, Hercules, supporting, supported, fundamental, dorsigerous, astride on, straddle.