corbel

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Etymology

a corbel

Borrowed from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (raven).

Pronunciation

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Noun

corbel (plural corbels)

  1. (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

Translations

Verb

corbel (third-person singular simple present corbels, present participle corbelling or corbeling, simple past and past participle corbelled or corbeled)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

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Old French

Etymology

Either a diminutive of corp (raven), corf, or from a Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, from Latin corvus (Vulgar Latin variant *corbus).

Noun

corbel oblique singularm (oblique plural corbeaus or corbeax or corbiaus or corbiax or corbels, nominative singular corbeaus or corbeax or corbiaus or corbiax or corbels, nominative plural corbel)

  1. crow (bird)

Descendants

  • English: corbel
  • Middle French: corbeau