corbel

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːbəl/ === Noun === corbel (plural corbels) (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight. Synonym: corb Coordinate terms: console, modillion ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === 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) (transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. ==== Derived terms ==== corbel out === Further reading === corbel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Cobler, cobler == Old French == === Etymology === Either a diminutive of corp (“raven”), corf, or from a Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, from Latin corvus (Vulgar Latin variant *corbus). === Noun === corbel oblique singular, m (oblique plural corbeaus or corbeax or corbiaus or corbiax or corbels, nominative singular corbeaus or corbeax or corbiaus or corbiax or corbels, nominative plural corbel) crow (bird) ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: corbeau mFrench: corbeau mMauritian Creole: korbo→ English: corbeau→ English: corbie→ Scots: corbie → Middle English: corbel English: corbel