corbelled

Variant of corbel

corbel Definition

cor·bel (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

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

corbelled Usage Examples

Object

roof: A long, low passage leads into a magnificently lofty chamber which still has its original corbelled roof largely intact.
head: Entry to the building is by the south porch, the dripstones of the outer arch being completed with corbelled heads.

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