corbelled

Variant of corbel

corbel definition

cor·bel (kôr′bəl, -bel′)

noun

  1. 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.
  2. a short timber placed lengthwise under a beam or girder

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

transitive verb corbeled -·beled or corbelled -·belled, corbeling -·bel·ing or corbelling -·bel·ling

to provide or support with a corbel or corbels

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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