meaning of corbel
1. A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
2. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
3. architecture a triangular bracket of brick or stone usually of slight extent
Related Words
corbel | corbel arch | corbel step | corbel-table | corbell | corbelled |
