\Cor"bel\, n. [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L.
corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.)
See {Corbeil}.] (Arch.)
A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving
the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in
Gothic architecture.
Note: A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones
      or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next
      below it.

\Cor"bel\, v. t.
To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel;
to make in the form of a corbel.
{To corbel out}, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each
   projecting beyond the one next below it.