Corbel

What do we mean by corbel?

A piece of stone, wood, brick, or other building material, projecting from the face of a wall and generally used to support a cornice or arch. noun

To provide with or support by a corbel or corbels. transitive verb

To support on corbels.

In architecture, to expand by extending each member of a series beyond the one below.

A raven or crow; a corbie. noun

In architecture, a piece of stone, wood, or iron projecting from the vertical face of a wall to support some superincumbent object. noun

The vase or drum of the Corinthian column: so called from its resemblance to a basket. noun

In entomology, the truncated oval tip of the tibia, when, as in many Rhynchophera, the insertion of the tarsus is a little above the tip on the inner side. noun

A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. noun

To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. transitive verb

To furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it. transitive verb

A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. noun

To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. verb

(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent) noun

Furnish with a corbel verb

A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

Words that are spelled similarly to corbel:
corbel, cornel, corel, corbeil, cormel, corbell, corbe, correl, corbet, cordel, korbel, corben, gorbel, oorbel.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word corbel:
vaulting, eclecticism, tenement, moulded, parapet, eaves, arches, arch, cornice, frieze, spire, brackets, doorway, aisle, balcony, font, octagonal, breton, openings, carved, gable, vault, table, tables, chancel, masonry, projecting, nave, viewer, turret, microsoft, courtyard, roof, pyramid, decoration, window, windows, decorated, topped, wall, brick, walls, exterior, heads, burial, gothic, stone, structural, medieval, door, stones, summit, architectural, supports, norman, tower, architecture, corner, chapel, gate, tall, anne, narrow, figures, wooden, sides, supporting, above, dates, height, bell, metres, reference, constructed, wood, entrance, castle, carry, floor, interior, below, piece, arms, supported, theme, true, structure, church, designed.

Words that rhyme with corbel:
warble, sorbile, korbel, before bill, corps bill, gore bill, hoar bill, score bill, senor bill, store bill, war bill, your bill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe corbel:
carved, large, moulded, skew, second, single, small, arched, central, big, concrete, massive, plain, sculptured, continuous, curious, triangular, grotesque, double, reversed, lower, gothic, north, topmost, bold, parallel, medieval, ordinary, next, foliated, illdesigned, rich, south, heavy, ornamental, huge, half, third.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective corbel:
table, tables, heads, course, stones, vault, arch, head, vaults, brackets, stone, courses, frieze, arches, vaulting, blocks, figures, construction, principle, roof, bracket, supports, tabling, capitals, face, plates, friezes, shafts, design, style, cap, block, technique, rings, stops, vaulted, brains, masks, steps, cornice, details, arms, projection, fig, reinforcement, bole, dome, open.

Consonant match to corbel:
corbeil, corbell, corbeille, korbel, car bill, corps bill.

Words that sound like corbel:
corbel, korbel, corbell, corbeil, carpal, carpel, coral, choral, garble, curle, corba, koral, correl, corol, kerbel, cauble, korba, chorba, garbel, corbels, coroll, cobble, carpool, carle, corel, corell, karle, car pool, car-pool, carol, cable, cordial, kibble, carroll, corporal, carrol, carole, corby, carrel, curple, keeble, corban, coble, chiral, karel, cornball, kable, corben, caral, kabel, caryl, corbie, keble, korby, garboil, corbo, cabble, kabal, korban, corbu, korfball, carriable, corn ball, corbeau, koble, korbut, kobel, kubal, corbi, korol, kerel, coriell, cowbell, carel, cow bell, cabell, warble, goral, gorbals, carbon, corbin, carpals, carbo, corbett, carrell, copple, carby, corbet, carpels, corbit, coppell, corbitt, carboy, cargile, coppel, carballo, core bit, carpa, copl, carril.