Cor"bel (k˘r"b&ebreve;l), n. [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
&fist; A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.
Cor"bel, v. t. 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.
Cor"bel-ta`ble (?), n. (Arch.) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.
{ Cor"bie or Cor"by } (k˘r"b&ybreve;), n.; pl. Corbies (-b&ibreve;z). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.] 1. (Zo÷l.) The raven. [Scot.]