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Corbel   /kˈɔrbəl/   Listen
Corbel

noun
1.
(architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent).  Synonym: truss.



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"Corbel" Quotes from Famous Books



... and in chiaroscuro. And in the said book we have his portrait by the hand of Agnolo di Donnino, a painter who was much his friend. This Agnolo showed great diligence in his works, as may be seen, not to mention his drawings, in the loggia of the Hospital of Bonifazio, where, upon the corbel of a vault, there is a Trinity in fresco by his hand; and beside the door of the said hospital, where the foundlings now live, there are certain beggars painted by the same man, with the Director receiving them, all very well wrought, and likewise certain women. This man spent his life ...
— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 3 (of 10), Filarete and Simone to Mantegna • Giorgio Vasari

... pulpit still occupies its original position at San Luis Rey, but the sounding-board is gone—no one knows whither. This is of a type commonly found in Continental churches, the corbel with its conical sides harmonizing with the ten panels and base-mouldings of the box proper. It is fastened to the pilaster which ...
— The Old Franciscan Missions Of California • George Wharton James

... supports the tower bears a plain corbel, supporting what is supposed to be the remains of an oak case for the Saunce-bell ...
— Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of Tewkesbury - with some Account of the Priory Church of Deerhurst Gloucestershire • H. J. L. J. Masse



Words linked to "Corbel" :   truss, bracket, render, architecture, wall bracket, provide, supply, furnish



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