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corbel

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Noun — A structural member jutting out of a wall to carry a superincumbent weight.

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From Middle English corbel, from Old French corbel, from Late Latin corbellus, corvellus, diminutive of Latin corvus (“raven”), named for the shape's resemblance to a crow's beak. Doublet of corbeau.

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