Corbel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
  2. a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.
verb (used with object), cor·beled, cor·bel·ing or (especially British) cor·belled, cor·bel·ling.
  1. to set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually followed by out).
  2. to support by means of a corbel or corbels.
noun
  1. a bracket, usually of stone or brick
verb -bels, -belling or -belled or US -bels, -beling or -beled
  1. to lay (a stone or brick) so that it forms a corbel
Corbel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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