corbel
n. (க-க.) தண்டையக்கட்டு, பொருள்களை வைப்பதற்காக அல்லது பளுத்தாங்குவதற்காகச் சுவரில் ஏந்தலாக வைத்திணைக்கப்பட்ட அல்லது கட்டை.
Cor"bel, n. Etym: [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.) Defn: A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it. Cor"bel, v. t. Defn: To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.