Obs. Also 4 corbun, -oun. [OF. corbin, deriv. of corb, corp, corf:—L. corv-us raven: cf. L. corvīn-us adj.] A raven.
a. 1225. Ancr. R., 84. Þe bacbitare … bekeð mid his blake bile o cwike charoines ase þe þet is þes deofles corbin of helle.
a. 1300. Cursor M., 1892 (Cott.). For-þi men sais on messager Þat lengs lang to bring answare, He mai be cald, with right resun, An of messagers corbun. Ibid., 3332 (Cott.). Licknes to corbin [v.r. rauen] had he nan.
1577–87. Holinshed, Chron., III. 858/2. Embroidered with Corbins fethers.
b. Comb. corbin-bone, the raven’s bone, or lower end of the breast-bone of a deer. Cf. CORBEL sb. 1.
a. 1425. Bk. Hunting, 1586 (Halliw.). Then take out the shoulders slitting anone The belly to the side to the corbin-bone.
1828–40. Tytler, Hist. Scot. (1864), I. 310/2. To give … the quarre to the hounds, and the expected corbin bone to the raven.
