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corbeil

Or cor·beille

[kawr-buhl, 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

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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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of corbeil1

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

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Fairfax teacher Christine Corbeil Freeman, who teaches music for kindergarten through fifth grade, worries about the logistics of managing two sets of kids when concurrent instruction begins Feb. 23.

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This is also the age where students begin to notice differences, said Kimberly Corbeil, principal of Fifer Middle School.

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The school also rolled out Best Buddies recently, Ms. Corbeil said.

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That’s the question at the center of the Bridge Production Group’s staging of “See You,” the sleek but soulless play by Québécois playwright Guillaume Corbeil, at the New Ohio Theater.

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If the setup, and Max Hunter’s clinical direction, suggests an insufferable reality-show pilot — or a millennial live-action version of the personified emotions in Pixar’s “Inside Out” — Mr. Corbeil labors to reveal the characters’ humanity in his script.

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