galbe
common nounverb
Syllable Decomposition
galbefrom Italian garbo (shape, manner in which a thing is made) related to gabarit. attested in 1551 in the form of garbe ('gracefully') then a few years later in the modern form of galbe and the sense of 'grace'; a century later, in 1676, we find galbe with the sense of 'more or less curved contour'.
Definitions
- architecture
Plural
galbes
Translations
dutch:menselijk figuur