corbel
noun/ˈkɔːbl/
/ˈkɔːrbl/
(architecture)- a piece of stone or wood that sticks out from a wall to support something, for example an archTopics Buildingsc2Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, diminutive of corp ‘crow’, from Latin corvus ‘raven’ (perhaps because of the shape of a corbel, resembling a crow's beak).
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