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Word: Corbel
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of corp ‘crow’, from Latin corvus ‘raven’ (perhaps because of the shape of a corbel, resembling a crow's beak)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɔːb(ə)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it.
Short Definition:projection jutting out from wall to support structure above it
Word: Corbel
Speech Type: Verb
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɔːb(ə)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
support (a structure) on corbels
Short Definition:support structure on corbels
Examples:- courses of stone were corbelled out from the angles of the walls of the square
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