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corbels out

corbels out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of corbel out.

Meaning of corbel out

Verb

corbel out (third-person singular simple present corbels out, present participle (US) corbeling out or (UK) corbelling out, simple past and past participle (US) corbeled out or (UK) corbelled out)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one below it.
    • The front of this tower [a staircase tower in Châteaudun], which is flush with the wall of the façade, is treated as an enriched bay, the upper two stories of it reaching above the main cornice, and being flanked by round turrets overhanging the wall, which is corbelled out to support them.1905, Charles Herbert Moore, Character of Renaissance Architecture, Chapter 11
    Synonyms:
    corbel off

Questions about corbels out

What is corbels out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Corbels out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of corbel out.

Words near corbels out in the dictionary

  1. corbelled
  2. corbelling
  3. corbellings
  4. corbells
  5. corbels
  6. corbels out
  7. Corbeni
  8. Corbet
  9. Corbets
  10. Corbett
  11. Corbetts

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