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corbel

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Neoclassical corbel of a city-house from Bucharest (Romania)
 
Neoclassical corbel in Paris
 
Gothic corbel in Trier (Germany)

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From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”).

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corbel (plural corbels)

  1. (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
    Coordinate term: console
    • 1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:
      The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels.

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Verb

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corbel (third-person singular simple present corbels, present participle corbelling or corbeling, simple past and past participle corbelled or corbeled)

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

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Old French

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Etymology

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Either a diminutive of corp (“raven”), corf, or from a Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, from Latin corvus (Vulgar Latin variant *corbus).

Noun

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corbel oblique singular, m (oblique plural corbeaus or corbeax or corbiaus or corbiax or corbels, nominative singular corbeaus or corbeax or corbiaus or corbiax or corbels, nominative plural corbel)

  1. crow (bird)

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  • Middle English: corbel
  • Middle French: corbeau
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