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Definitions of corbel in various dictionaries:
noun - (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
verb - furnish with a corbel
A bracket of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or an arch.
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| a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it. |
| a support for an arch or similar heavy structure that sticks out of a wall and is usually made of stone or brick |
| A bracket of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or arch. |
| To provide with or support by a corbel or corbels. |
| A projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it. |
| Support (a structure) on corbels. |
| (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) |
| furnish with a corbel |
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In architecture a corbel 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, or New Stone Age, times. It is common in Medieval architecture and in the Scottish baronial style as well as in the vocabulary of classical architecture, such as the modillions of a Corinthian cornice, Hindu temple architecture and in ancient Chinese architecture. * A console is more specifically an "S"-shaped scroll bracket in the classical tradition, with the upper or inner part larger than the lower (as in the first illustration) or outer. Keystones are also often in the form of consoles. Whereas "cor |