Definition of Corbel. Meaning of Corbel. Synonyms of Corbel

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Definition of Corbel

Corbel
Corbel Cor"bel, v. t. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.
Corbel
Corbel Cor"bel, n. [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.

Meaning of Corbel from wikipedia

- architecture, a corbel is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superin****bent weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid...
- of corbelled pieces produce a Corbel arch or vault. Corbel may also refer to: Corbel, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France Corbel (typeface), a sans-serif typeface...
- A corbel arch (or corbeled / corbelled arch) is an arch-like construction method that uses the architectural technique of corbeling to span a space or...
- Cécile Corbel (born 28 March 1980, in Pont-Croix, Finistère, France) is a French and Breton singer, harpist, and composer. She has released five albums...
- A corbelled tomb is a generic term given to burial tombs with corbelled roofs rather than simple slabs, which generally denote an earlier type of construction...
- Corbel is a humanist sans-serif typeface designed by Jeremy Tankard for Microsoft. It is part of the ClearType Font Collection, a suite of fonts from various...
- Georges Corbel (21 August 1942 – 18 February 2015) was a French field hockey player. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics...
- The stone corbel arch bridge is still used by the local po****ce. The well-preserved ****enistic Eleutherna Bridge has a triangular corbel arch. The 4th...
- This is the discography of French singer-songwriter and harpist Cécile Corbel. It consists of five studio albums, three compilation albums, three soundtrack...
- Erwann Corbel (born 20 April 1991) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team ES Torigni. Corbel rode professionally between 2013...