Band books

2. pl. (Fort.) Small
gabions. Brande & C.

Cor"bel (kôr"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 }
(kôr"b&ybreve;), n.; pl.
Corbies (-b&ibreve;z). [F. corbeau, OF.
corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.


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