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

Beneath the parapet, instead of a corbel table, there is a deep hollow, with running leaves, and small ball flowers at intervals.

From Ely Cathedral by Anonymous

Two flying buttresses rise from the corners of the nave and transept aisles to the corbel table of the clerestory range.

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)

As a rule the corbel table carries the gutter, but in Lombard work the arcaded corbel table was utilized as a decoration to subdivide the storeys and break up the wall surface.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" by Various

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

The transept compartments differ from those of the nave by the addition of a flat buttress between each, which consequently breaks the continuity of the corbel table.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Carlisle A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by Eley, C. King