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corbell

corbell is the archaic form of corbel.

Meaning of corbel

Noun

corbel (plural corbels)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    corb

See all 2 meanings of corbel

Proper noun capitalized: Corbell

Corbell (plural Corbells)

  1. A surname.

Forms of corbell

Noun
pluralcorbells
Proper noun
pluralCorbells

Questions about corbell

What does corbell mean?
Corbell means a surname.
What is corbell the archaic form of?
Corbell is the archaic form of corbel.
What part of speech is corbell?
Corbell is a proper noun.

Words near corbell in the dictionary

  1. corbel-step
  2. corbel-steps
  3. corbeled
  4. corbeling
  5. corbelings
  6. corbell
  7. corbelled
  8. corbelling
  9. corbellings
  10. corbells
  11. corbels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corbell (page history and authors); Corbell (page history and authors); corbel (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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