corbeil

[ kawr-buh l; French kawr-bey ]

/ ˈkɔr bəl; French kɔrˈbeɪ /

a sculptured ornament, especially on a capital, having the form of a basket.

Origin of corbeil

1700–10; < French corbeille < Late Latin corbicula, equivalent to Latin corbi(s) basket + -cula -cule¹

St Spire, the only survivor of the formerly numerous churches of Corbeil, dates from the 12th to the 15th centuries.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 |Various
With the fall of Corbeil both the Seine and Marne were re-opened.

History of the United Netherlands, 1590-1599, Vol. III. Complete |John Lothrop Motley
An anomalous royal licence of 1661 permitted the earl of Bath to use the title of earl of Corbeil by alleged hereditary right.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 9 |Various
Every three trucks were drawn by four horses, and thus it was that we took the train to Corbeil,—a distance of some fifty miles.

With an Ambulance During the Franco-German War |Charles Edward Ryan

In 1466, the same tribunal condemned a man and a sow to be burned at Corbeil.

The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals |Edmund P. Evans

corbeil

/ (ˈkɔːbəl, French kɔrbɛj) /

architect a carved ornament in the form of a basket of fruit, flowers, etc

C18: from French corbeille basket, from Late Latin corbicula a little basket, from Latin corbis basket