corbel

UK: /ˈkɔːb^əl/ US: (kôr′bəl)

Inflections of 'corbel' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

When both "l" and "ll" forms exist, spellings with a double "l" are correct, but rare, in US English, while those with a single "l" are not correct in UK English.

corbels

v 3rd person singular

corbelling

v pres p (Mainly UK)

corbeling

v pres p (US)

corbelled

v past (Mainly UK)

corbeled

v past (US)

corbelled

v past p (Mainly UK)

corbeled

v past p (US)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cor•bel  (kôr′bəl), n., v., -beled, -bel•ing or (esp. Brit.) -belled, -bel•ling. [Archit.]
n. 

1. Building, Architecture any bracket, esp. one of brick or stone, usually of slight extent.
2. Building, Biographical a short horizontal timber supporting a girder.

v.t. 

3. Building, Architecture to set (bricks, stones, etc.) so as to form a corbel or corbels (usually fol. by out).
4. Building, Architecture to support by means of a corbel or corbels.

• Medieval Latin corvellus, equivalent. to Latin corv(us) raven¹ + -ellus diminutive suffix
• Middle French
• late Middle English 1375–1425

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

corbel / ˈkɔːb^əl/ noun

1. Also called: truss a bracket, usually of stone or brick

verb ( -bels, -belling, -belled) ( -bels, -beling, -beled)

1. (transitive) to lay (a stone or brick) so that it forms a corbel

Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, literally: a little raven, from Medieval Latin corvellus, from Latin corvus raven