Corbel

[kɒ:bәl]

解释:

(noun.) (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent).

(verb.) furnish with a corbel.

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解释:

(n.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture.

(v. t.) To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel.

录入:奥维尔

解释:

n. (archit.) a projection of stone or wood from the face of a wall supporting pillars or other superincumbent weights.—adj. Cor′belled.—ns. Cor′belling; Cor′bel-tā′ble a row of corbels and the parapet or cornice they support.

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