n. [ F. corbeille, fr. L. corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Cf. Corbel, Corb, Corvette. ] 1. (Arch.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2.pl. (Fort.) Small gabions. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it. [ 1913 Webster ]
{ }, n. Corbel work or the construction of corbels; a series of corbels or piece of continuous corbeled masonry, sometimes of decorative purpose, as in the stalactite ornament of the Moslems. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Arch.) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them. [ 1913 Webster ]
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