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

The two apses east of the transept are of the pattern universal in Southern Europe, being divided into three equal parts by half-shafts with capitals and crowned with an overhanging corbel table.

From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson

There is also an unbroken corbel table above the windows, of very expressive, life-like heads, no two of which are alike.

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

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

Above the finial of the ogee runs a corbel table supporting a pierced and crested parapet, a little different in design from the rest.

From Portuguese Architecture by Walter Crum Watson

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 W. D. (Walter Debenham) Sweeting