n. In architecture, a piece of stone, wood, or iron projecting from the vertical face of a wall to support some superincumbent object.n. The vase or drum of the Corinthian column: so called from its resemblance to a basket.n. In entomology, the truncated oval tip of the tibia, when, as in many Rhynchophera, the insertion of the tarsus is a little above the tip on the inner side.To support on corbels.In architecture, to expand by extending each member of a series beyond the one below.n. A raven or crow; a corbie.