corbel2 (1292)
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corbel2 (1292)

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[ FEW: 2/ii,1239b corvus; Gdf: 2,298c corbel; GdfC: 9,198a corbel; TL: 2,847 corbel; DEAF:  corp 1 (corbel); DMF:  corbeau; TLF:  corbeau; OED:  corbel n.; MED:  corbel n.; DMLBS: 490b corbellus 2 ]
corbelle; 
pl. corbeaux  

s.

1archit.corbel, projection of stone or wood to support the weight of a beam, girder (etc.): 
( 1292 )  mettre en les dit murs trefs ou corbeaux  i 247
( 1419 )  qe le dit suppliant ferroit .xij. corbellez en le dit esglise  495
( 1460-61 )  pro operacione de lé corbellez in choro  152
( 1476-77 )  pro .vj. magnis lapidis vocatur [sic] corbelles  27
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