CORBEL
\kˈɔːbə͡l], \kˈɔːbəl], \k_ˈɔː_b_əl]\
Definitions of CORBEL
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
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To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(arch.) An ornament orig. in the form of a basket-any ornamented projection supporting a superin cumbent weight.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Timber, stone, or iron projecting from a wall in the manner of a shoulder-piece; a niche or hollow left in walls for images, figures, or statues; the representation of a basket, sometimes set on the heads of caryatides; the vase or tambour of the Corinthian column, so called from its resemblance to a basket.
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To support on corbels. Corbel steps, a series of steps crowning a gable wall.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [French] [Latin] The representation of a basket, sometimes set on the heads of caryatides; —the vase of the Corinthian column; —a short piece of timber, iron, &c. in a wall, jutting out in the manner of a shoulder-piece; —a niche for statues, images, &c.
By Thomas Sheridan
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