What does corbel mean?

Definitions for corbel
ˈkɔr bəlcor·bel

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. corbel, trussverb

    (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

  2. corbelverb

    furnish with a corbel

Wiktionary

  1. corbelnoun

    A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Corbelnoun

    In architecture. The representation of a basket, sometimes placed on the heads of the caryatides.

  2. Corbel, Corbilnoun

ChatGPT

  1. corbel

    A corbel is a type of architectural feature, typically made of stone, metal, or wood, that protrudes from a wall and serves as a support structure for superincumbent weight, such as a balcony, arch, or cornice. It is often intricately carved and can be decorative or functional in nature.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Corbelnoun

    a bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture

  2. Corbelverb

    to furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel

  3. Etymology: [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.]

Wikidata

  1. Corbel

    In architecture a corbel or console is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in the UK. The technique of corbelling, where rows of corbels deeply keyed inside a wall support a projecting wall or parapet, has been used since Neolithic times. It is common in Medieval architecture and in the Scottish baronial style as well as in the Classical architectural vocabulary, such as the modillions of a Corinthian cornice and in ancient Chinese architecture. The word "corbel" comes from Old French and derives from the Latin corbellus, a diminutive of corvus which refers to the beak-like appearance. Similarly, the French refer to a bracket-corbel, usually a load-bearing internal feature, as a corbeau.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Corbel

    kor′bel, n. (archit.) a projection of stone or wood from the face of a wall, supporting pillars or other superincumbent weights.—adj. Cor′belled.—ns. Cor′belling; Cor′bel-tā′ble, a row of corbels and the parapet or cornice they support. [O. Fr. corbel—Low L. corvellus, dim. of corvus, a raven.]

Entomology

  1. Corbel

    an ovate area at the distal end of the tibia in Coleoptera, surrounded by a fringe of minute bristles; when the articular cavity is on the side, above the tip, the corbel is closed; when the cavity is at the extreme tip, the corbel is open.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. CORBEL

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Corbel is ranked #160975 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Corbel surname appeared 100 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Corbel.

    94% or 94 total occurrences were White.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of corbel in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of corbel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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