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語源

From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”).

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːbəl/

名詞

corbel (複数形 corbels)

1. (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
   • 1946 September and October, D. J. Rowett, “Stamford L.N.E.R.”, in Railway Magazine, page 283:

     The booking hall is lofty and of peculiar design, the roof being carried on timbered beams set in pairs rising from carved corbels.

   Coordinate term: console

派生語

• corbel table

関連する語

参考

動詞

corbel (三人称単数 現在形 corbels, 現在分詞 corbelling または corbeling, 過去形および過去分詞形 corbelled または corbeled)

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

派生語

• corbel out

Further reading

• corbel on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Cobler, cobler