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

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corbel table

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

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)

Above this is a corbel table of heads and mouldings which interferes with the upper window mouldings.

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

Notice under the short spire a quaint corbel table.

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