/kawr"beuhl/ , n. , v. , corbeled, corbeling or ( esp. Brit. ) corbelled, corbelling . Archit.
n.
1. any bracket, esp. one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
2. a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.
v.t.
3. to set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually fol. by out ).
4. to support by means of a corbel or corbels.
[ 1375-1425; late ME corvellus, equiv. to L corv ( us ) RAVEN 1 + -ellus dim. suffix ]