corbel table

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noun

a horizontal masonry construction, as a cornice or part of a wall, supported on corbels or on arches supported on corbels.

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Origin of corbel table

Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Words nearby corbel table

corbel, corbel arch, corbeling, corbelling, corbel out, corbel table, corbel vault, Corbett, corbicula, corbie, corbie gable

How to use corbel table in a sentence

He gets up and goes over to their table and introduces himself, and he says, ‘Hello, I’m Oliver Reed.
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Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
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A sepia photo shows him as a young boy, head in his hands, with a large book open at a bar table.
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That means any response that could result in physical damage inside North Korea is off the table.
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A table creaking under the weight of a Christmas banquet, a classic celebration of binge eating and drinking.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
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Miss Smith immediately rises from the table, puts up her dear little mouth to her papa to be kissed.
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He sighed as he laid the papers on the table; for he thought the task would be a harder one than even his own immolation.
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