corbel

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English

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

Etymology

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

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Noun

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

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

Etymology

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

Noun

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)

Descendants

  • Middle French: corbeau m
    • French: corbeau m
      • → English: corbeau
    • → English: corbie
    • → Scots: corbie
  • → Middle English: corbel
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