1. Noun
A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
2. Verb
To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
3. Noun
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
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