CORBEL
\kˈɔːbə͡l], \kˈɔːbəl], \k_ˈɔː_b_əl]\
Definitions of CORBEL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
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To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(arch.) An ornament orig. in the form of a basket-any ornamented projection supporting a superin cumbent weight.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French] [Latin] The representation of a basket, sometimes set on the heads of caryatides; —the vase of the Corinthian column; —a short piece of timber, iron, &c. in a wall, jutting out in the manner of a shoulder-piece; —a niche for statues, images, &c.
By Thomas Sheridan