corbel
noun
any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
corbeled
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past participleof corbel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof corbel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
corbelnounany bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
Example Sentences
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The large, open fireplace is built of clinker brick, and its facings extend from the floor to the ceiling; it has a wooden shelf supported on corbeled brackets.
From Three Acres and Liberty by Bolton Hall
Above these windows, the tower, hitherto square, becomes gradually octagonal, springing from corbeled heads; till terminated by four octagonal pinnacles, and crowned by an octagonal moulded battlement.
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 558, July 21, 1832 by Various
