corbel meaning
Noun: corbel korbul
- (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)
- truss
- Furnish with a corbel
Derived forms: corbeling, corbels, corbelling, corbelled
See also: corbelled [Brit, Cdn]
Type of: bracket, furnish, provide, render, supply, wall bracket
Encyclopedia: Corbel Corbel, Savoie
[Architecture]
1.
In masonry, a projection or one of a series of projections, each stepped progressively outward with increasing height, and usually projecting from a wall or chimney; serves as a support for an overhanging member or course, 1 above, or as a purely decorative element.
2.A projecting stone that supports a superincumbent weight.
3.A heavy bracket, often decorated, that is set into an adobe wall to act as a bearing surface to support a roof beam.
brick wall having a corbel, 1
corbel, 2
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Examples
More: Next- application of strut-and-tie model to the design of corbel distributed steel
- corbel back slab
- in addition calculative formulas of the ultimate load aim at corbels in flexural . corbels in shear is rarely studies
- in addition calculative formulas of the ultimate load aim at corbels in flexural . corbels in shear is rarely studies
- the complex consists of circular defensive towers in the form of truncated cones built of dressed stone, with corbel-vaulted internal chambers
