corbel
Meanings
noun
- A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
verb
- To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
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Etymology
From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”), named for the shape's resemblance to a crow's beak. Doublet of corbeau.
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