cor·bel /ˈkɔrbəl/
承材,枕梁
Cor·bel, v. t. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.
To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.
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Cor·bel n. Arch. A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.
Note: ☞ A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.
corbel
n : (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone
(usually of slight extent) [syn: truss]
v : furnish with a corbel