Thesaurus: corbel

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1. n. A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
2. v. t. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
3. n. (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
4. v. furnish with a corbel
5. 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. 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.
6. A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving thespring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothicarchitecture.
7. n:100 n. (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) v. furnish with a corbel