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Definition of Corbels
1. corbel [v] - See also: corbel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Corbels
Literary usage of Corbels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John BRITTON (1838)
"In the accompanying PLATE of corbels are ten different specimens, ... In the
early Norman buildings, the corbels are mostly grotesque heads, or monsters, ..."
2. A Treatise on Wooden Trestle Bridges According to the Present Practice on by Wolcott Cronk Foster (1904)
"corbels.—corbels are pieces of timber placed lengthwise of the stringers, ...
DETAILS OF corbels. extent they are very useful, but they also have many ..."
3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... of the pier or column cape, was not operative, and in most cases the vaulting
shafts were stopped on corbels above the level of the arcade capitals. ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"At 6 ft. from the lower ledge are three corbels, one of which is carved, and the
others probably have been, but appear to be Cartels, ..."
5. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"about 1500, in Santiago, where the corbels are not of iron but of carved stone.
In the little town of Santa Coloma de Queralt, in northern Catalonia, ..."
6. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"... to support it ; these were carved, and rested on elegant corbels, the spandrels
between the braces and the wall being filled with tracery. ..."
7. A Dictionary of the Architecture and Archaeology of the Middle Ages by John BRITTON (1838)
"In the accompanying PLATE of corbels are ten different specimens, ... In the
early Norman buildings, the corbels are mostly grotesque heads, or monsters, ..."
8. A Treatise on Wooden Trestle Bridges According to the Present Practice on by Wolcott Cronk Foster (1904)
"corbels.—corbels are pieces of timber placed lengthwise of the stringers, ...
DETAILS OF corbels. extent they are very useful, but they also have many ..."
9. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... of the pier or column cape, was not operative, and in most cases the vaulting
shafts were stopped on corbels above the level of the arcade capitals. ..."
10. The Gentleman's Magazine (1864)
"At 6 ft. from the lower ledge are three corbels, one of which is carved, and the
others probably have been, but appear to be Cartels, ..."
11. Spanish Ironwork by Arthur Byne, Mildred Stapley Byne (1915)
"about 1500, in Santiago, where the corbels are not of iron but of carved stone.
In the little town of Santa Coloma de Queralt, in northern Catalonia, ..."
12. Chambers's encyclopædia by Chambers W. and R., ltd (1874)
"... to support it ; these were carved, and rested on elegant corbels, the spandrels
between the braces and the wall being filled with tracery. ..."
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