corbeil

or cor·beille

[ kawr-buhl; French kawr-bey ]

noun

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

corbeil

/ ˈkɔːbəl; kɔrbɛj /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of corbeil¹

First recorded in 1700–10; from French corbeille, from Late Latin corbicula, equivalent to Latin corbi(s) “basket” + -cula diminutive suffix; -cule ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of corbeil¹

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

Example Sentences

Fairfax teacher Christine Corbeil Freeman, who teaches music for kindergarten through fifth grade, worries about the logistics of managing two sets of kids when concurrent instruction begins Feb. 23.

From Washington Post

This is also the age where students begin to notice differences, said Kimberly Corbeil, principal of Fifer Middle School.

From Washington Times

The school also rolled out Best Buddies recently, Ms. Corbeil said.

From Washington Times

That’s the question at the center of the Bridge Production Group’s staging of “See You,” the sleek but soulless play by Québécois playwright Guillaume Corbeil, at the New Ohio Theater.

From New York Times

If the setup, and Max Hunter’s clinical direction, suggests an insufferable reality-show pilot — or a millennial live-action version of the personified emotions in Pixar’s “Inside Out” — Mr. Corbeil labors to reveal the characters’ humanity in his script.

From New York Times