corbel
UK/ˈkɔːbəl/
corbel noun: a structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
Noun
corbel (plural corbels)
- A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
- The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels.1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283
- But the firm noted concrete deterioration deep within the pool’s wall and corbel, a type of support structure, requiring “aggressive excavation of concrete.” […] We removed loose, cracked, spalled, deteriorated and delaminated concrete from the balcony soffits of 114 units as well as pool corbels...2021 July 2, Eliott C. McLaughlin, Alta Spells, Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, “Firm held off on repairs because of stability issues in months before Surfside building collapse”, in CNN, archived from...
- Synonyms:
- corb
Verb
corbel (third-person singular simple present corbels, present participle (US) corbeling or (UK) corbelling, simple past and past participle (US) corbeled or (UK) corbelled)
- To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
corbel meaning in Tamil
corbel in Tamil
- கச்சோர், தண்டயம்
Synonyms of corbel
Forms of corbel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | corbels |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | corbels |
| present participle US | corbeling |
| present participle UK | corbelling |
| past participle US | corbeled |
| past US | corbeled |
| past participle UK | corbelled |
| past UK | corbelled |
Origin of corbel
From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”), named for the shape's resemblance to a crow's beak. Doublet of corbeau.
Words formed from corbel
Phrases with corbel
Questions about corbel
- What does corbel mean?
- Corbel means a structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
- What is corbel in Tamil?
- Corbel in Tamil is கச்சோர், தண்டயம். See Corbel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is corbel?
- Corbel can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce corbel?
- Corbel is pronounced /ˈkɔːbəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of corbel?
- The plural of corbel is corbels.
Words near corbel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: corbel (page history and authors); corbel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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