[ˈkɔːb(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of corp ‘crow’, from Latin corvus ‘raven’ (perhaps because of the shape of a corbel, resembling a crow's beak)

[ˈkɔːb(ə)l], (Verb)

Definitions:
- support (a structure) on corbels
(e.g: courses of stone were corbelled out from the angles of the walls of the square)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of corp ‘crow’, from Latin corvus ‘raven’ (perhaps because of the shape of a corbel, resembling a crow's beak)