corbeil
or cor·beille
a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.
Origin of corbeil
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How to use corbeil in a sentence
Eighteen years before, at corbeil, five men had been kept in a pit on bread and water by Burgundians.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) | Anatole FranceRoyal troops seized Etamps and corbeil to prevent the arrival of grains in Paris and starve out the city.
The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion | Eugne SueIn 1466, the same tribunal condemned a man and a sow to be burned at corbeil.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals | Edmund P. EvansEvery three trucks were drawn by four horses, and thus it was that we took the train to corbeil,—a distance of some fifty miles.
With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War | Charles Edward RyanThis Mathieu, later in the afternoon, was arrested and taken to corbeil in spite of his rheumatism.
The Mystery of the Yellow Room | Gaston Leroux
British Dictionary definitions for corbeil
corbeille
/ (ˈkɔːbəl, French kɔrbɛj) /
architect a carved ornament in the form of a basket of fruit, flowers, etc
Origin of corbeil
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