“corbet”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

corbet

释义

▪ I. † corbet Obs.^—1
[a. F. corbet:—Rom. type *corvetto, dim. of corvus raven, and so a synonym of OF. corbel, corbeau.]
= corbel n. 2.
c1384Chaucer H. Fame iii. 214 Ne how they hate yn masoneryes As corbetz [Caxton corbettis, Thynne corbettes] and ymageryes [Bodl. MS. corbettz full of ymageryes].1617Minsheu Ductor, Corbell, Corbet, or Corbill in masonrie.1656Blount Glossogr., Corbel, Corbet, or Corbil.
¶ Erroneously explained in Dictionaries, etc., from misinterpreting the prec. passage in Chaucer; the error has been extended to corbel.
1616Bullokar, Corbets, places in walles where Images stand. [So in Cockeram1623, etc.].1703T. N. City & C. Purchaser 117 Corbets, Holes left in the Walls of ancient Churches, etc., for Images to stand in.1838J. Britton Dict. Arch. 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.
▪ II. corbet
see curvet.

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