Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 Here, a natural stone gas fireplace with a cherry wood corbel mantel ties the space together. Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, "raven, architectural corbel," borrowed from Middle French (Anglo-French, "crow, raven"), going back to Old French, from corp "raven" (going back to Latin corvus) + -el, diminutive suffix (going back to Latin -ellus) — more at cornice entry 1
Note: Old French corp, corb for expected *corf (cf. cerf "deer," from Latin cervus) is difficult to explain; it has been speculated that the form was imported by Roman settlers from Etruria or another part of Italy where Latin -rv- regularly yields -rb- (cf. Tuscan corbo "raven" beside corvo; see Pierre Fouché, Phonétique historique du français, vol. 3, Paris, 1966, p. 798).