Corbel

CORBEL

-noun

1. any bracket, especially one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.

2. a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.

-verb (used with object)

3. to set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually followed by “out”).

4. to support by means of a corbel or corbels.

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A cathedral's host of corbels
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