- a projection jutting out from a wall to support a structure above it托臂; 梁托。
(corbelled, corbelling; <美> corbeled, corbelling) with obj.(常作 be corbelled out)
- support (a structure such as an arch or balcony) on corbels给（拱门、阳台等建筑）装上托臂。
词源
late 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）.