Usually means: Supporting projection from a wall.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. corbel: Merriam-Webster
  2. corbel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. corbel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. corbel: Collins English Dictionary
  5. corbel: Vocabulary.com
  6. Corbel, corbel: Wordnik
  7. corbel: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. corbel: Wiktionary
  9. corbel: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. corbel: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. corbel: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Corbel, corbel: Dictionary.com
  13. corbel: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Corbel (typeface), Corbel: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Corbel: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. corbel: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. corbel: Rhymezone
  18. corbel: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. corbel: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. corbel: FreeDictionary.org
  21. corbel: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  22. corbel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. corbel: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. corbel: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. CORBEL: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
  3. corbel: Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. corbel: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Corbel: Castle Terms

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Masonry dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Corbel: Construction Glossary
  3. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See corbeled as well.)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (corbel)

▸ noun:  (architecture) A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

Similar:
truss, Corbell, corbel table, corb, console, bell cot, bellcote, corona, bellcot, machicolation, more...

Opposite:
cantilever, beam, brace, prop, stay

Types:
architrave, archivolt, bracket, console, pilaster, sconce, sill, more...

Phrases:
corbel table, corbel tables, corbel vault, Corbel arch, corbel step, more...

Adjectives:
carved, large, moulded, skew, second, single, small, arched, central, big, concrete
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Similar:
truss, Corbell, corbel table, corb, console, bell cot, bellcote, corona, bellcot, machicolation, more...

Opposite:
cantilever, beam, brace, prop, stay

Types:
architrave, archivolt, bracket, console, pilaster, sconce, sill, more...

Phrases:
corbel table, corbel tables, corbel vault, Corbel arch, corbel step, corbel out, corbel steps, to corbel out, more...

Adjectives:
carved, large, moulded, skew, second, single, small, arched, central, big, concrete



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