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corbeil, ‖ corbeille
[ad. F. corbeille (kɔrbɛj) basket:—L. corbicula, dim. of corb-is basket.]
†1. Fortif. A basket filled with earth and placed on a parapet to protect and conceal the defending soldiers. Obs.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey) s.v., In Fortification, Corbeils are litte Baskets about a Foot and a half high, eight Inches broad at the bottom, and twelve at the top, which being fill'd with Earth are often set one against another on Breastworks or elsewhere, leaving certain Port-holes, from whence to fire upon the Enemy under Covert. 1818in Todd; and in mod. Dicts.
2. Arch. (See quots.) (Sometimes erron. corbel.)
1734Builder's Dict., Corbeils is a Piece of Carved Work in the form of a basket, full of flowers or fruits, serving in Architecture to finish some Ornament. Corbels..the Representation of a Basket sometimes seen on the heads of the Caryatides. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 583 Corbeils..sometimes used to express the bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. 1876Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss.
‖3. In the French form, sometimes used for an elegant fruit or flower basket.
1800E. Hervey Mourtray Fam. II. 17 In the truly graceful form of its dishes, corbeilles, compotiers. 1849C. Brontë Shirley xxxii. 463 The full corbeille of blushing bloom. 1881The Queen 31 Dec. 663/1 Many-tinted flowers they reserve for their bouquets or corbeilles. |