corbeil

or cor·beille

[ kawr-buhl; French kawr-bey ]

noun

1. a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.

corbeil

/ ˈkɔːbəl; kɔrbɛj /

noun

1. architect a carved ornament in the form of a basket of fruit, flowers, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of corbeil¹

First recorded in 1700–10; from French corbeille, from Late Latin corbicula, equivalent to Latin corbi(s) “basket” + -cula diminutive suffix; -cule ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of corbeil¹

C18: from French corbeille basket, from Late Latin corbicula a little basket, from Latin corbis basket

Example Sentences

Eighteen years before, at Corbeil, five men had been kept in a pit on bread and water by Burgundians.

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Royal troops seized Etamps and Corbeil to prevent the arrival of grains in Paris and starve out the city.

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In 1466, the same tribunal condemned a man and a sow to be burned at Corbeil.

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Every three trucks were drawn by four horses, and thus it was that we took the train to Corbeil,—a distance of some fifty miles.

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This Mathieu, later in the afternoon, was arrested and taken to Corbeil in spite of his rheumatism.

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