corbel table

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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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

The Cornice often carries a large ornamental leaf in its hollow, and the projecting Corbel-table is no longer seen.
The Seven Periods of English Architecture|Edmund Sharpe
The corbel-table, with its monsters of all descriptions, affords a curious specimen of the sculpture of the age.
Architectural Antiquities of Normandy|John Sell Cotman
There were simple round-arched, shafted windows in each bay, and the clerestory was finished like the aisle with a corbel-table.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street
The upper band consists of circular openings with quatrefoils in the centre, and above that is a corbel-table.
Ely Cathedral|Anonymous

The central lantern is finished with a corbel-table, roofed with a low tiled roof, and lighted by a small window in each face.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain|George Edmund Street