Monday 23 July 2012

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.






















Dragons and monsters
A cathedral's host of corbels
Waiting for flowers?


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