basket filled with earth used as a missile
Cor'beil (kôr'bĕl) noun [ French corbeille , from Latin corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Confer Corbel , Corb , Corvette .] 1. (Architecture) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [ Obsolete] 2. plural
In architecture a corbeil is a sculptured basket of flowers.
a sculptured ornament, esp. on a capital, having the form of a basket.