† corbetn.
Obsolete. rare.
a. = corbel n. 2.
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c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame iii. 214 Ne how they hate yn masoneryes As corbetz [Caxton corbettis, Thynne corbettes] and ymageryes [Bodl. MS. corbettz full of ymageryes].
1617 J. Minsheu Ἡγεμὼν είς τὰς γλῶσσας: Ductor in Linguas Corbell, Corbet, or Corbill in masonrie.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia A Corbel, Corbet, or Corbil, in Masonry is a jutting or shouldering peece cut out in stone.
b. Erroneously explained in Dictionaries, etc., from misinterpreting the preceding passage in Chaucer; the error has been extended to corbel n.
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1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Corbets, places in walles where Images stand. [So Cockeram 1623, etc.]
1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 117 Corbets, Holes left in the Walls of ancient Churches, etc., for Images to stand in.
1838 J. Britton Dict. Archit. & Archæol. 98 Corbets, Corbetts, Corbettis, have all been used as synonymous with corbels; but corbets seem more particularly to signify niches for images: Chaucer uses corbettis in this sense.
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