CORBEL

Corbel

In architecture a corbel or console is a structural piece of stone, wood or metal jutting from a wall to carry a superincumbent weight, a type of bracket. A corbel is a solid piece of material in the wall, whereas a console is a piece applied to the structure. A piece of timber projecting in the same way was called a "tassel" or a "bragger" in the UK. The technique of corbelling, where rows of corbels deeply keyed inside a wall support a projecting wall or parapet, has been used since Neolithic times. It is common in Medieval architecture and in the Scottish baronial style as well as in the Classical architectural vocabulary, ...

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corbel

Noun

  1. A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

Verb

  1. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.


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