Cor"bel, v. t. To furnish with
a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form
of a corbel.
To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel
of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below
it.
Cor"bel (kôr"bĕl), n.
[F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L.
corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a
basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.) A bracket
supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an
arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic
architecture.
☞ A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones
or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.