corbel

(kôr′bəl, -bel′)

noun

a piece of stone, wood, or metal, often in the form of a bracket, projecting from the side of a wall and serving to support a cornice, the spring of an arch, etc.
a short timber placed lengthwise under a beam or girder

Origin: OFr, dim. of corb < L corvus, raven: so called from its beaked shape

to provide or support with a corbel or corbels

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noun

A bracket of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or arch.

transitive verb cor·beled also cor·belled, cor·bel·ing also cor·bel·ling, cor·bels also cor·bels

To provide with or support by a corbel or corbels.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , diminutive of corp, raven (from the similarity of its shape to that of a raven's beak)

Origin: , from Latin corvus

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