corbel table

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of corbel table

Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

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corbel table

A fine and noteworthy feature in this church is the corbel table which runs nearly all round it.

From Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of Ss. Mary & Ethelfleda by Perkins, Thomas, Rev.

Outside, the chancel has good buttresses at the angles, and is crowned by that curious boat-like corbel table seen at Santarem and by a row of pyramidal battlements.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

Below the parapet is a good corbel table.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ely A History and Description of the Building with a Short Account of the Monastery and of the See by Sweeting, W. D. (Walter Debenham)

Sometimes, however, a parapet or pierced balustrade was carried on the corbel table enclosing the gutter.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

Notice under the short spire a quaint corbel table.

From Seaward Sussex The South Downs from End to End by Holmes, Edric