noun
definition
A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.
verb
definition
To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
Examples of corbel in a Sentence
On the outer side of this wall is a projecting corbel.
This casting was taken directly from one of the two supporting carvings either side of the corbel that supports the misericord.
At Steetley, near Worksop, is a small Norman chapel, with apse, restored from a ruinous condition; Youlgrave church, a building of much general interest, has Norman nave pillars and a fine font of the same period, and Normanton church has a peculiar Norman corbel table.
Many stones reused from the Abbey were found including a carved stone corbel in the shape of human head.
The fireplace at the southeast end is supported on a heavy molded stone corbel which shows in the passage beneath.
There is no west window, but here is set an amusing corbel carved with a face, high above the blocked west doorway.
And the ledge has a corbel depicting the head of a green man; yet there is no bowl.
The motif of an angel holding an open book is the same as that of a 14th century corbel in the north aisle.
Attic story to gable bay carried on timber corbel brackets above 1st floor oriel window also carried on timber brackets.
Buttressed north aisle with hoodmoulds with corbel heads to its 3 windows which have quatrefoil above 3 trefoiled lights.
An effigy of the Madonna and the Infant Savior fashioned from white alabaster seen on a corbel on the east wall of the church.
Another Mission design feature is known as the prairie style top that has a clean lined corbel supporting a shelf-like top.