Defn: Small gabions. Brande & C.
CORBEL
Cor"bel, n. Etym: [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis
basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.]
(Arch.)
Defn: A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.
CORBEL
Cor"bel, v. t.
Defn: To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.
CORBELING; CORBELLING
Cor"bel*ing, Cor"bel*ling, n.
Defn: Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems.
CORBEL-TABLE
Cor"bel-ta`ble, n. (Arch.)
Defn: A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.