Plural of corbeil; multiple basket-like architectural elements or decorative containers.
From Old French plural of 'corbeil,' following English pluralization of the borrowed French architectural and decorative term.
When architects drew 'corbeils' on cathedral columns, they were literally 'hanging' ancient Roman abundance symbols—the overflowing baskets were meant to promise the church would never go hungry.
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